Civil Rights Heritage Center, South Bend

#46 among attractions in South Bend

Museum, History museum

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The Civil Rights Heritage Center was established by Indiana University South Bend as a result of student interest and faculty support as a center for the study and documentation of local civil rights history. Through community involvement, students, faculty, and community members joined forces to push for the restoration of a public building known for its policy of racial discrimination against African Americans as a center for the study of civil rights. Now housed in the former Engman Public Natatorium – South Bend, Indiana's first swimming pool that excluded and then segregated against African Americans for almost thirty years – the CRHC is dedicated to the preservation of the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement, as well as the history of race and ethnic relations in the South Bend area, and seeks to provide education, research, and forums, while examining human rights principles and challenges for future generations. ()

Coordinates: 41°40'33"N, 86°15'57"W

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Near West SideSouth Bend United States

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Civil Rights Heritage Center – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Four Winds Field, Studebaker National Museum, Morris Performing Arts Center, City Cemetery.

0.7 miSE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Four Winds Field, South Bend
17 min walk • Four Winds Field at Coveleski Stadium is a baseball stadium in South Bend, Indiana, home to the South Bend Cubs, a minor league baseball team which plays in the High-A Central. The stadium opened in 1987, and its open concourse is considered the template for many later minor league ball parks built in the 1990s.
~1160 ftSE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Studebaker National Museum, South Bend
6 min walk • The Studebaker National Museum is a museum in South Bend, Indiana, United States that displays a variety of automobiles, wagons, carriages, and military vehicles related to the Studebaker Corporation and other aspects of American history.
0.8 miE
Theater, Concerts and shows, Performing arts
Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend
20 min walk • Morris Performing Arts Center is a 2,564-seat concert hall located in South Bend, Indiana. It opened in 1922 as a vaudeville house and later became a movie palace.
~1450 ftNW
Cemetery
City Cemetery, South Bend
7 min walk • The South Bend City Cemetery is a historic cemetery in South Bend, Indiana. It was established in 1831, when Lathrop Taylor and Alexis Coquillard donated the land upon which it was built.
0.9 miE
Park, Convention center, Theater
Century Center, South Bend
24 min walk • The Century Center Convention Center, designed by architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, broke construction in 1974 and opened in 1977, has been managed by SMG since July, 2013. The center, built on the banks of the West Race canal, overlooks the St. Joseph River in downtown South Bend, Indiana, United States.
~1010 ftE
Museum, History museum
Joseph D. Oliver House, South Bend
5 min walk • The Joseph D. Oliver House, also known as Copshaholm, sits on 808 W. Washington Street, at the corner of Chapin Street in South Bend, Indiana. The mansion was built for the Oliver family, founders of the Oliver Chilled Plow Works, and named after the Scottish village of the patriarch.
0.7 miS
Church, Romanesque architecture
St. Casimir Parish, South Bend
17 min walk • St. Casimir Parish is a Catholic parish in South Bend, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1898. It is one of the Roman Catholic parishes in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. It is a central contributing property in the St. Casimir Parish Historic District. Weekend masses are at Saturday 5:00 p.m. Sunday 9:30 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.
0.8 miNE
Theater, Concerts and shows
South Bend Civic Theater, South Bend
20 min walk • The South Bend Civic Theater was founded in 1957 in South Bend, Indiana, by two University of Notre Dame graduates. It staged most of its productions after 1968 at The Firehouse, a local historic landmark located at 701 Portage Ave.
0.6 miE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Cathedral of St. James, South Bend
16 min walk • The Cathedral of St. James is an Episcopal cathedral in South Bend, Indiana, United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of Northern Indiana. The cathedral church and the adjoining parish hall were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
0.8 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater, Concert hall
South Bend Civic Theatre, South Bend
20 min walk • South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name.
0.6 miE
Church, Romanesque architecture
First Presbyterian Church, South Bend
15 min walk • The First Presbyterian Church at 101 S. Lafayette in South Bend, Indiana is a former Presbyterian church building of First Presbyterian Church.

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Which popular attractions are close to Civil Rights Heritage Center?

Nearby attractions include Joseph D. Oliver House, South Bend (5 min walk), The Museums at Washington and Chapin, South Bend (6 min walk), Studebaker National Museum, South Bend (6 min walk), City Cemetery, South Bend (7 min walk).

How to get to Civil Rights Heritage Center by public transport?

The nearest stations to Civil Rights Heritage Center:

Bus

TRANSPO Station (23 min walk)

Train

South Bend (29 min walk)