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National Center for Civil and Human Rights
The Center for Civil and Human Rights is a museum dedicated to the achievements of both the civil rights movement in the United States and the broader worldwide human rights movement. Located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, the museum opened to the public on June 23, 2014.
==History==
The Center was initially conceived by Evelyn Lowery, the wife of Joseph Lowery, and Juanita Abernathy, the widow of Ralph David Abernathy, along with former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young and longtime House Representative John Lewis, all of whom were part of the movement to grant civil rights to African-Americans during the 1960s. The Lowerys met with then-Mayor Shirley Franklin in 2001, who was warm to the concept of a museum honoring Atlanta's civil rights history but, due to more pressing issues with the city's finances, was unable to offer much more than that at the time. The group met again in 2005, at which point Franklin signed onto the project, and the Center for Civil and Human Rights was established in 2007, along with its initial fundraising efforts.〔 Five architectural firms presented their proposals in 2009,〔 with the Center ultimately selecting a design by architect Philip Freelon for a museum that would break ground in 2010 and open in 2012. The site for the museum, at Pemberton Place, was donated by The Coca-Cola Company and placed the museum adjacent to three popular tourist attractions, the Georgia Aquarium, the World of Coca-Cola and Centennial Olympic Park.
However, due to the Great Recession, fundraising was slower than expected.〔 Support from Delta Air Lines and local philanthropists including Atlanta Falcons owner and The Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank, each of whom contributed USD $1 million, improved the fundraising efforts, but in October 2010 the Center's chief executive officer announced that the museum would be delayed a year, with groundbreaking now scheduled for 2011 and opening in 2013.〔 In March 2011, the Center announced that it had scaled back the plans for the museum, reducing its size to to decrease unused space; the proposed exhibition space was left unchanged at .〔
In December 2011, the Center announced another change in the plans for the museum, electing to build the facility in three phases, with the first phase breaking ground in June 2012 and opening Memorial Day 2014. The change was partly motivated by the threat of losing $28.5 million from a tax allocation district fund if construction was not started by June 2012.〔 Groundbreaking finally took place on June 27, 2012 in a ceremony attended by numerous dignitaries, including current Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and former mayors Franklin and Young.
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