Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum

The Civil Rights Institute in Savannah is one of the oldest museums to chronicle the Civil Rights movement.

The Civil Rights Institute in Savannah is one of the oldest museums to chronicle the Civil Rights movement.

This small museum provides a local introduction to the Civil Rights movement as it played out in Savannah – the supposedly genteel city had some fairly savage reactions against the campaign for equal rights. The museum occupies the former Wage Earners Savings & Loan Bank, once the largest bank for local African Americans.

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