National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, Alabama, United States
4.0 (70 reviews) Spent Ranking #6 in Selma History Museums
An important historical marker along the way to Montgomery
It goes without saying that this is essential education for every individual growing up in the United States. This is a small museum, and very underfunded, but overly impactful and it's educational acumen and emotional reality. You learn a lot here, and yet I was simply most impressed by the jellybean jar. You can actually see in touch what he did to us,
Address
6 US Highway 80 E, Selma, AL 36701-7307
Mobile
Website
http://nvrmi.com/
Current local date and time now
Thursday, May 09, 2024, 4:03
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4.0 based on (70 reviews)
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5Ellen F 5:00 PM Apr 27, 2021
Inspiring visit
This was a wonderful and inspirational stop in Selma. We learned so much about the people who participated in the Civil Rights struggle in Selma and were moved deeply by the foot prints and stories that were shared. Really brought the history to life.
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4Charles M 5:00 PM Oct 14, 2013
National Voting Rights Museum
I visited this museum and found it to be very educational. There has been a lot of additional information display in the museum that I had not seen before, but knew that it existed . In 1969, upon returning to Selma after two (2) years in Vietnam, the museum did not exist, a car dealership was in the museum's present location. I think that all visitors should visiting the civil rights museum see the actual photos of the civil rights events that led to the 1964-1965 Voting Rights. Selma really would be a better tourist attraction, if the building which Dr. Martin L. King resided prior to Marching across the Edmond Pettus Bridge had been preserved. The building I am speaking of is HOTEL ALBERT. It was a magnificent hotel, but because Dr. King slept in it, the building was torn down beyond ground zero. Hotel Albert was in the exact location where the current Mayor's office is presently located. What a waste and total loss of income that was because of racism. The Wilby Movie was destroyed by fire and the movement participants did not set the building on fire, it was done by those that objected to ending segregation in Selma, the library current occupy that space. The Walton Theater was not destroyed during the 60's, it survived and is now once again a movie theater for all that wish to go and sit on the ground floor as opposed to the balcony. There is a lot of history in Selma that will not ever be placed in a history book. I am one of the original foot soldiers and a graduate of R. B. Hudson High School.
