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5/29/2014: OSU Faculty Contributes to Civil Rights Museum

OSU Faculty Contributes to Civil Rights Museum

The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel [1] is back open and boasting a series of fantastic renovations [2]. Founded in 1991, this museum was the first to construct a broader picture of the Civil Rights Movement.

This is the first major renovation since the museum's opening, and two of our department's faculty members had a major hand in its development. We'd like to recognize Dr. Hasan Jeffries [3] and Dr. Stephanie Shaw [4] for serving on the team of scholars who expanded the exhibits to reinterpret the Civil Rights struggle.

Read more on the renovations at NPR's code switch blog [5] and stay tuned for a future podcast interview with Drs. Jeffries and Shaw on their vision and involvement in these important exhibits.



Source URL: https://origins.osu.edu/connecting-history/5292014-osu-faculty-contributes-civil-rights-museum

Links
[1] http://civilrightsmuseum.org/
[2] http://civilrightsmuseum.org/renovation-highlights/
[3] http://origins.osu.edu/users/hasan-kwame-jeffries
[4] http://history.osu.edu/directory/Shaw1
[5] http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/04/04/298332886/sit-next-to-rosa-parks-at-the-national-civil-rights-museum