Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum
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Southern view of the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum
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View from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
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Dr. Ralph Mark Gilbert was the father of the Savannah Civil Rights Movement, minister, playwright, great orator, producer, and director.  Dr. Gilbert reorganized the Savannah branch of the NAACP and was the president of the state chapter of the NAACP.  During his eight years as president, he organized more than 40 branches of the NAACP throughout the state.
 
Wesltey Wallace Law is a historian and civil rights activist.   He became the president of the Savannah branch of the NAACP in 1950.  He orchestrated the civil rights movement of the 50's and 60's in Savannah.  The Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum was brought about by his vision.
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Plaque describing Civil Rights Movement in Savannah
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Hosea Williams - part of the early political process in Savannah
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Juanita Terry Williams - wife of Hosea Williams ran unsuccessfully for Superior Court Clerk in 1961
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Judge's bench in the day of Jim Crow
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Oldest black congregation in North America 

Founded in 1788  

Erected in 1859

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Example of protest against department stores as a result of students being arrested at lunch counters
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Some of the first 19 black students to integrate the high schools in Savannah
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Levy's Azalea Room lunch counter - March 16, 1960
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Pictures representing part of the West Broad Street Exhibit
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NAACP leaders on the courthouse steps on Wright Square - Sunday afternoon prayer vigil
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Part of the Segragation Exhibit - segregation was labeled publicly all over the community 
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Replica of one of the stain glass windows from First African Baptist Church where the early weekly Sunday meetings were held
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West Broad Street School in 1920
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