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The Safe House Black History Museum is a museum and cultural center in Greensboro, Alabama, United States. In March 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. used one of the museum's buildings as a safe house two weeks before he was assassinated on April 4 in Memphis.
The Safe House Black History Museum is an educational non-profit corporation of Greensboro, AL which has as its mission to preserve the unique culture and history of the rural, black belt south. (334) 624-2030
Apr 26, 2023 · Safe House Museum On the night of March 21, 1968, Burroughs and other foot soldiers attended a meeting with organizers at St. Matthew's Church in Greensboro. Also in attendance were Birmingham civil rights leader Fred Shuttlesworth, Georgia minister and politician Hosea Williams, and others.
A small but meaningful museum recording the memories of the Civil Rights movement and a night when Martin Luther King was hidden from a mob with who knows what consequences. Run by a lady who was a participant and restored and preserved by an effort of the Auburn University Architecture school's Rural Studio. It is best to call ahead to see if ...
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The Safe House Black History Museum is an educational non-profit corporation of Greensboro, AL which has as its mission to preserve the unique culture and history of the rural, black belt south.
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On the night of March 21, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. sought refuge from the Ku Klux Klan inside a small shot gun style home in the depot neighborhood of Greensboro, Alabama. Today that house is known as The Safe House Black History Museum.
This small, shotgun-style home was owned by the Burroughs, a family of Civil Rights activists. They opened it up as a refuge for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in March 1968 when an angry mob of Ku Klux Klan members attempted to murder him after a speech in Greensboro, Alabama.
