Tag: Center for Civil and Human Rights
The Center for Civil and Human Rights is free until the end of February, thanks to a Coca-Cola grant
The Coca-Cola Foundation provided a $1 million dollar grant to downtown's National Center for Civil and Human Rights, the next-door neighbor of its own World of Coke museum, that will allow free admission to the center for anyone now through the end of February.
Spend a day playing tourist downtown
Our downtown tourist attractions are kitschy, but if you skip them, you're doing yourself a disservice. Centennial Olympic Park, World of Coke, Georgia Aquarium, SkyView Ferris wheel—you have to go at least once.
Pull up to the lunch counter at Atlanta’s Center for Civil and Human Rights
In the 1960s thousands of peaceful protesters risked violence and arrest to desegregate Atlanta’s lunch counters.
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The Center for Civil and Human Rights
A stunning addition to downtown Atlanta, the Center connects triumphs of the past with today’s global struggles. The Center showcases Atlanta’s civil rights legacy, and also reminds us that, although we have come a long way, we have not yet overcome.