NEH on the Road: For All the World to See

FAIN: MR-233871-15

County of New Hanover (Wilmington, NC 28403-1696)
Sheryl Mays (Project Director: May 2015 to May 2015)
Amy Manor Thornton (Project Director: May 2015 to present)

Cape Fear Museum is planning a series of adult and family programs to support the "For All the World to See" exhibit from November 2015 through January 2016. These programs will an opening reception incorporating creative and artistic expressions related to the themes of the exhibit, an adult "Community Conversation" on media imagery with local media representatives and scholars of the Civil Rights Era and media, and family programming to encourage inter-generational discussion of the topics presented in the exhibit. Additional programming may include dramatic presentations, school tours, and an adult program on preserving the material culture of the Civil Rights period. The Museum will partner with a number of local institutions including the University of North Carolina Wilmington and possibly the local YWCA, which has been national recognized for their programming on racial equality.