National Center for Civil and Human Rights
Exhibition & Environmental Graphics
What if a new approach could help you understand human rights on a grand scale?
The stories of the American civil rights movement and the global human rights movement are intimately linked. The National Center for Civil and Human Rights offers a space to tell these stories, presenting them visually to create personal connections with visitors.
- Client
- Center for Civil and Human Rights
- Project Category
- Exhibition & Environmental Graphics
Dramatically lit rooms tell the story of the Civil Rights Movement.
These light- and sound-controlled environments let visitors experience events like the Greensboro lunch counter sit-in through a binaural soundtrack of violent reactions to protesters and simulations of their stools being kicked.
“This is communal storytelling.”
The third gallery is a chapel-like space dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr.
A rotating exhibit of personal papers is shown in archival cases alongside a projection of the phrase “I Have a Dream” in 25 different languages. The gallery is meant to foster quiet reflection as visitors read and contemplate Dr. King’s words.
