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an old tobacco barn by the side of the road where martin luther king jr. used to work
Coming Out Of The Shade

Connecticut tobacco farm where MLK Jr. worked as a summer laborer will be preserved

facade of an older motel with a historic plaque
A Call to Action

Imperiled and overlooked Black historic sites lead the National Trust’s 11 Most Endangered list in 2021

a historic church in Chicago
Heartbreakingly Important

Bill establishing Chicago’s Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ as a National Monument introduced to Senate

a chili restaurant in Washington, D.C., one of the locations targeted by the Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites
"Essential Places of Reflection For Our Democracy"

The Weitzman School of Design launches a center for civil rights sites preservation

Installation view of black paintings by Torkwase Dyson on a white background
Freedom of Expression

Is Torkwase Dyson’s abstract recount of racial violence a missed opportunity?

Headshot of Kim Dowdell
The Architect-Developer

NOMA President Kim Dowdell on the politics of Detroit and the architecture profession

Rendering of sculpture featuring arms in a hug
The Embrace

Hank Willis Thomas and MASS Design Group plan MLK and Coretta Scott King memorial

Aerial photo of three rotated brick masses
New Twist on History

nARCHITECTS’ Equal Rights Heritage Center frames the history around it

Madame Architect op-ed
Pay Attention

Stop asking where all the female architects are; we’re right here

Photo of mural being installed in Atlanta for Off the Wall and the Atlanta Super Bowl HostCommittee
Painting the Town

Atlanta puts up murals exploring the city’s civil rights legacy for Super Bowl LIII

Photo of The National Memorial for Peace and Justice
Grounds for Democracy

It’s high time to memorialize the South’s history of lynching

Photo of the reconstructed Rosa Parks house
A Place for Parks

Rosa Parks house reconstructed and put up for sale

Photo of the Lions Municipal Golf Course
Civil Dis-course

Civil rights landmark in Austin is threatened by development

A Call to Act

AIA Baltimore to recognize projects that advance social equity

Civil dis-course

Threatened landscape: A civil rights landmark in Austin

Building Ghosts

Absence is made tangible at the new national memorial to lynching victims

(Human Pictures/Equal Justice Initiative)
In Remembrance

America’s first memorial to victims of lynching opens in Montgomery

Artist Derrick Adams in his studio. (Courtesy The Museum of Arts and Design)
Art-Driven

Jim Crow-era restrictions on black travel and leisure are reimagined in multimedia show

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