Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum
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Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum

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Three floors on Savannah's civil rights movement in the 1914 Wage Earners Savings Bank on MLK Jr. Blvd, once the heart of the city's Black business district. Founded by W. W. Law.

Address
460 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Savannah, GA 31401
Hours
Tue–Sat 10am–5pm (last tour 3:30pm) (per official site; may change)
Admission
Check the official website.
Website
rmgilbertcivilrightsmuseum.com
Phone
+1-912-977-6099
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About

The Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum is a museum in Savannah, Georgia, United States. The museum is named after Ralph Mark Gilbert, who served as pastor of the First African Baptist Church from 1939 to 1956 and led the Savannah chapter of the NAACP starting in the 1940s. The museum documents the civil rights experiences of Savannah and Georgia's African American community. Its three floors contain photographic records, interactive displays, a recreation of the Azalea Room at Levy's Department Store, a lunch counter, a fiber-optic map of historic events and sites, and exhibits focused on the NAACP and Laurel Grove South Cemetery.

The museum is in the building put up in 1914 for the Wage Earners Savings Bank, once the second-largest Black-owned bank in America, on what was then West Broad Street. W. W. Law, longtime president of the local NAACP, founded the museum and named it for his mentor, Rev. Ralph Mark Gilbert of First African Baptist Church.

Text from Wikipedia, Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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  • Hours and admission change: check the official website before you go.

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