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Come visit the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum. Walk through three floors of history. Read about Ralph Mark Gilbert, the 13th pastor of Savannah’s First African Baptist Church. Remembered as the “father” of the 20th century Civil Rights Movement in Savannah, who reignited the local chapter of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the 1940s. Gilbert mentored Westley Wallace Law, who took over the leadership of the NAACP in 1950 and led the protest movement of the 1960s.
See the 1960s lunch counter like the ones the NAACP staged the sit-ins that resulted in an economic boycott of white businesses on Broughton Street that helped desegregate the city businesses.
Find on display three floors of informative historic photos, documentaries and interactive exhibits documenting the city's Jim Crow era and Civil Rights movement.