National Voting Rights Museum, Selma

Name: National Voting Rights Museum
Address: 6 US Highway 80 E, Selma, 36701-7307, United States
Telephone: +1 334-526-4340

#5 among attractions in Selma

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The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, established in 1991 and opened in 1993, is an American museum in Selma, Alabama, which honors, chronicles, collects, archives, and displays the artifacts and testimony of the activists who participated in the events leading up to and including the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches, and passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, as well as those who worked for the African-American Voting Rights and Women's Suffrage movements. As the museum describes in its mission statement, it recognizes other people, events, and actions which furthered America's Right to Vote since "the Founding Fathers first planted the seeds of democracy in 1776." The museum was founded by Faya Ora Rose Touré and Marie Foster. ()

Coordinates: 32°24'9"N, 87°1'2"W

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6 US Highway 80 ESelma 36701-7307 United States

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+1 334-526-4340

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National Voting Rights Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, Sturdivant Hall, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Old Live Oak Cemetery.

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Famous landmark in civil rights history
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Cemetery
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Church, Gothic Revival architecture
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Sacred and religious sites, Church
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Neighbourhood
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Greek Revival architecture
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Nearby attractions include Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma (5 min walk), Summerfield District, Selma (9 min walk), Water Avenue Historic District, Selma (9 min walk), Ancient Africa Enslavement & Civil War Museum, Selma (10 min walk).