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Movement Gallery 

The Movement Gallery takes you through the history of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement from 1955 to 1963, highlighting the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights.

 

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Dramatic media presentations are made in four mini-theatres:

    "Bus Ride to Freedom" mini-theatre includes a burned out bus     and a large screen video program.

    "Give Us The Vote" mini-theatre includes a three-dimensional     graphic display of would-be votes and a video wall with twelve     monitors which recount the history of the struggle to vote.

    "Birmingham: The World is Watching" chronicles events in         Birmingham in 1963 with the actual door from the jail cell             where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote "Letter From Birmingham     Jail," a "water wall" with water cascading in front of images from     the demonstrations, a mock prison log and video screens airing     news footage.

    "The March" spotlights the March on Washington with large         screen projection and audio programs.

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