I visited the Civil Rights Room at the Nashville Public Library. I went on May 14th with my friend. The room is full of black and white photos that captured important events that took place in Nashville to end segregation. There are also so many books about African Americans and segregation from various authors.
The sources presented at the museum show Nashville’s involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. There is collection of interviews with people who participated in the movement as well as photographs to remind everyone of the brave people in Nashville. They did not wait for others to fight for them and grant them their rights. Instead they stood up for themselves to fight for desegregating public schools as well as lunch counters. Photographs show mothers with their children during a protest, people who were arrested during student sit-ins, and the first day of a desegregated school. This site does a …show more content…
Even though the museum is on the second floor of the library there are elevators to lift up any people with wheelchairs. As for deaf people there are plenty of photographs and books that would help explain everything about the movement. There is a room that plays videos of the event as well as speeches of African American leaders that is at the service of everyone especially those who blind. There are no issues that will face disabled people, and it will be an easy visit without any complications.
There was a lot of interesting things about the site. For example, I learned that the Civil Rights Room looks on to the street (Church Street) where the protests took place. Something else that caught my attention was a circular table in the middle of the room which symbolizes lunch counters where people gathered before fast-food restaurants were common. The table has a time line with pictures of important events that occurred during that time in Tennessee and all over the United
The sources presented at the museum show Nashville’s involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. There is collection of interviews with people who participated in the movement as well as photographs to remind everyone of the brave people in Nashville. They did not wait for others to fight for them and grant them their rights. Instead they stood up for themselves to fight for desegregating public schools as well as lunch counters. Photographs show mothers with their children during a protest, people who were arrested during student sit-ins, and the first day of a desegregated school. This site does a …show more content…
Even though the museum is on the second floor of the library there are elevators to lift up any people with wheelchairs. As for deaf people there are plenty of photographs and books that would help explain everything about the movement. There is a room that plays videos of the event as well as speeches of African American leaders that is at the service of everyone especially those who blind. There are no issues that will face disabled people, and it will be an easy visit without any complications.
There was a lot of interesting things about the site. For example, I learned that the Civil Rights Room looks on to the street (Church Street) where the protests took place. Something else that caught my attention was a circular table in the middle of the room which symbolizes lunch counters where people gathered before fast-food restaurants were common. The table has a time line with pictures of important events that occurred during that time in Tennessee and all over the United