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National Center for Civil and Human Rights CEO Doug Shipman explains exhibits during a walk-through for the new facility Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in Atlanta. The main exhibits include: the King papers on the first floor, the second floor main entrance, open space and mural, the lunch counter, interactive TV displays, Freedom Rider Bus, and stained glass portraits of four girls killed during violence in Alabama, while the third floor showcases the global human rights footprint with intimate cone-shaped movie theaters and a villains and champions exhibit. David Tulis / AJC Special

Credit: David Tulis

Credit: David Tulis

National Center for Civil and Human Rights CEO Doug Shipman explains exhibits during a walk-through for the new facility Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in Atlanta. The main exhibits include: the King papers on the first floor, the second floor main entrance, open space and mural, the lunch counter, interactive TV displays, Freedom Rider Bus, and stained glass portraits of four girls killed during violence in Alabama, while the third floor showcases the global human rights footprint with intimate cone-shaped movie theaters and a villains and champions exhibit. David Tulis / AJC Special
By Bo Emerson
June 20, 2014

Atlanta is the cradle of the civil rights movement, and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights gives the city a museum that tells its story.

Exhibit designer David Mandel said the average visitor -- the "stroller" -- will spend 75 minutes at the center. (Less for "streakers," more for "scholars.")

Compared to more lighthearted attractions nearby, such as the Georgia Aquarium and the World of Coke, the downtown Atlanta museum offers more serious fare: scholarship, a walk-through history and some consciousness raising.

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