National Civil Rights Museum

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civil rights museum history museum nonprofit organization tourist attraction

The National Civil Rights Museum is a history museum in Memphis chronicling the American civil rights movement, located at the former Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights museum → history museum → nonprofit organization → tourist attraction →
address	450 Mulberry Street, Memphis, Tennessee →
associatedWith	Martin Luther King Jr. →
builtOnSiteOf	Lorraine Motel →
city	Memphis →
commemorates	American civil rights movement →
country	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
focusesOn	African-American history → history of the American civil rights movement → racial equality → social justice →
hasCollectionType	documents → historical artifacts → interactive exhibits → multimedia exhibits → oral histories → photographs →
hasEducationalPrograms	community events → public lectures → school group programs → teacher workshops →
hasExhibitOn	Brown v. Board of Education → Freedom Rides → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom → Memphis sanitation workers' strike → Montgomery bus boycott → Voting Rights Act of 1965 → assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. → sit-in movement →
hasType	indoor museum →
hasWebsite	https://www.civilrightsmuseum.org →
locatedAt	Lorraine Motel →
locatedIn	Memphis, Tennessee, United States → surface form: "Memphis, Tennessee" United States of America → surface form: "United States"
near	Memphis, Tennessee, United States → surface form: "downtown Memphis"
occupiesBuildingWhere	Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated →
opened	1991 →
openingDate	September 28, 1991 →
operator	National Civil Rights Museum → surface form: "National Civil Rights Museum, Inc."
ownedBy	National Civil Rights Museum → surface form: "National Civil Rights Museum, Inc."
partOf	U.S. civil rights heritage tourism sites →
recognizedAs	major American civil rights museum →
state	Tennessee →
theme	civil rights → human rights → nonviolent protest →

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Memphis, Tennessee, United States → contains → National Civil Rights Museum →

subject surface form: "Memphis, Tennessee"

this entity surface form: "Lorraine Motel"

Shelby County, Tennessee → contains → National Civil Rights Museum →

Memphis metropolitan area → hasLandmark → National Civil Rights Museum →

Memphis, Tennessee, United States → hasLandmark → National Civil Rights Museum →

subject surface form: "Memphis, Tennessee"

U.S. Civil Rights Trail → hasPart → National Civil Rights Museum →

this entity surface form: "National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel"

Lorraine Motel → operatedBy → National Civil Rights Museum →

National Civil Rights Museum → operator → National Civil Rights Museum →

this entity surface form: "National Civil Rights Museum, Inc."

National Civil Rights Museum → ownedBy → National Civil Rights Museum →

this entity surface form: "National Civil Rights Museum, Inc."

Lorraine Motel → partOf → National Civil Rights Museum →