The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
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Tuesday, January 01, 2019 03:06 PM
Touring Civil Rights Exhibition To Tour Knoxville This Weekend Through October 20
Cat Shteynberg, Assistant Director at the McClung Museum, said they've been excited to have the exhibition in Knoxville because it's not the average history museum.
"Rather than being a systematic narrative of the entire civil rights movement, (this exhibit) really focuses on the way images propel the movement forward," said Shteynberg.
Reverend Harold Middlebrook, who marched with Dr. King, said the museum is important, because understanding the past is part of understanding the present and future. He said the images you see there are what propelled the movement and their passion.
"That, for us, is a real tragic experience because it motivates us to help to make sure children now don't have to see. We're seeing it now because we're seeing police killing people, but then it was really a stark situation to understand it was dangerous to be black in America," said Rev. Middlebrook.
There will be a family day September 29 with guided tours, a choir to teach songs marchers would sing and a poster-making workshops. The guided tours will also help mediate conversations between parents and kids about what might be considered sensitive images.
The exhibition and parking are free.
