New addition to the Civil Rights Trail in Memphis |
From the iconic Beale Street to the temple where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave one of his most powerful speeches, the National Civil Rights Trail runs through Memphis. The trail, which features over 100 locations across 15 states, now includes 8 historic Memphis locations.
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US Civil Rights Trail adds new Memphis photo gallery |
The newest of US Civil Rights Trail sites for 2024 in Memphis includes The Withers Collection Museum and Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee – The Withers Collection Museum & Gallery houses the work of Ernest Withers Sr., an internationally acclaimed photographer and photojournalist recognized for his iconic photographs of Memphis and the broader South during the civil rights era. |
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Follow the trail and discover historic landmarks in Memphis |
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National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel The National Civil Rights Museum displays exhibits from the Civil Rights Movement, dated 1619 to 2000, including the room in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. resided in April 1968. The museum is one of only five U.S. accredited international sites of conscience
STAX Museum of American Soul Music
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is both an international tourist destination and a community museum that hosts more than 40 free programs each year. The museum tour starts in the true birthplace of soul music – a modest country church. Just as Stax’s music found its roots in the sounds of Southern gospel music, the museum opens in a real, circa-1906 Mississippi Delta church that has been carefully reassembled inside of our building.
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Beale Street Historic District Beale Street, established in 1841 and one of the most iconic streets in America, became a thriving area for Black commerce and culture around the time of the Civil War. But in the 1870s, yellow fever hit Memphis and severely affected the city’s population. Despite the closing of many sections of the storied street by the 1960s, Beale Street saw a successful revitalization.
Today, it continues to be a hub for music, nightlife, dining and the arts. Cultural venues such as the Historical Daisy Theatre/Randle Catron Interpretive Center and the Withers Collection Museum & Gallery continue Beale Street’s artistic history. |
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