Collection of shotgun houses depicting low-income black life 1930s–1960s. Houses named for Civil Rights pioneers such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy. Photographs, articles, other memorabilia.
Alabama Civil Rights Freedom Farm Museum
Street address:
Judge Hughes Rd. (Co. Rd. 183)
Mantua, AL 35462
Phone:
205-372-3446
Mailing:
P.O. Box 385
Eutaw, AL 35462
Admission:
Unknown
GPS:
33.055691, -87.993214
Collection of shotgun houses depicting low-income black life 1930s–1960s. Houses named for Civil Rights pioneers such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy. Photographs, articles, other memorabilia.
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