A gallery devoted to the American Civil Rights movement at the museum takes visitors through a series of portals that begin with scenes and signs of segregation before the Civil Rights movement. In one room a panoramic screen tells the story of the 1963 March on Washington. Then, past a touching stained-glass tribute to the four young girls killed in the Birmingham church bombing, is a tableau of moments from the day in April 1968 when Martin Luther King. Jr. was murdered. Archival video shows Walter Cronkite announcing King's death on national television. And nearby is a staircase illuminated by an eerie re-creation of the sign outside the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn.

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The city of Brookhaven's mayor and City Council last week decided to remove the colored panes of glass from the dome of Brookhaven's new City Centre after residents objected to the brightness of the colors, seen here Friday, June 27, 2025. (Reed Williams/AJC)

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