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Dr. Russell Wigginton – Civil Rights Museum

Season 5 Episode 517 | 27m 16s

Dr. Chavis talks to Dr. Russell Wigginton, President of the National Civil Rights Museum. The museum is one of the nation's premier heritage and cultural institutions. The National Civil Right Museum was established in 1991. It is located at the former Lorraine Motel, where civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968.

Aired: 10/03/24 | Expires: 10/03/25
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
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