{"id":4808,"date":"2017-03-27T11:32:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T16:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=4808"},"modified":"2020-02-26T13:47:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:47:50","slug":"maryville-civil-rights-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/maryville-civil-rights-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Sponsors Civil Rights Exhibit at Missouri History Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n– Missouri History Museum webpage<\/a> on the #1 in Civil Rights Exhibit
\n– KSDK 5 on Your Side’s story<\/a> on actress bringing the #1 in Civil Rights Exhibit to Life
\n– Art Holliday’s vignette on Pearl Maddox<\/a>
\n– See video content below<\/p>\n

A new exhibit at the Missouri History Museum, #1 in Civil Rights: The African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis<\/em>, honors St. Louis\u2019s pivotal role in the fight for racial equality. Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ is a signature sponsor of the exhibit, which features historical artifacts, photographs, oral histories, live theater and original works by local African American artists.<\/p>\n

#1 in Civil Rights: The African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis,<\/em> runs through April 2018. In conjunction with the exhibit, a calendar of activities for the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ community is forthcoming.\"Print\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe prominence of St Louis in the ongoing fight for civil rights is something to be remembered, honored and celebrated,\u201d said Mark Lombardi, PhD, president of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½. \u201cWe are proud to play a part in bringing this important story forward, and shining a beacon on what is the fundamental American struggle for equality and justice.\u201d<\/p>\n