Civil Rights Museum

On Saturday, I went to Memphis, Tennessee and visited the National Civil Rights Museum. While their I found the museum very interesting. While most of the museum was about the legend Dr. Martin Luther King, one of the leaders in abolishing oppression against African Americans, there was another section included in the museum also. This section of the museum was called "Freedom Sisters". It was created because doing the civil rights movement, there was also a feminist movement occurring also.  Therefore the museum decided to create an exhibit where the women were acknowledged for their hard work. Some of the women mentioned were Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Ella Jo Baker. The most interesting person to me in the "Freedom Sisters" exhibit was Betty Shabazz. Mrs. Shabazz was the wife of former Malcom X. After seeing him gunned down, She went on to earn her doctorates degree. From then she created a career in healthcare, education, and was a host of a radio program. Later she spoke at the Million Man March where she spoke about justice. She was interesting because Although she was in the background, helped change a lot of people life. Also her speech that she gave was similar to Dr. Martin Luther Kings Speech, but was not considered as famous, simply because she was a women. The Civil Rights Museum did an somewhat good job of exhibiting women. Although they did not go into depth of the women who helped in the civil rights movement, they did create an exhibit to show that women did exist and were important to help make history of what it is today.