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FOCUS on Freedom's Sisters
Thursday, July 10, 2008

Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal is hosting the world premiere opening of yet another prestigious exhibit. Freedom's Sisters is the first and most comprehensive traveling exhibit on women in the Civil Rights movement. It focuses on the lives and contributions of twenty African American women, who range from key 19th century historical figures to contemporary leaders, all of whom fought for equality for people of color. This interactive, multi-media exhibit seeks to encourage and motivate the next generation of leaders through dialogue on the civil rights struggle, past, present and future, within their own local communities.

Freedom's Sisters has attracted people of all ages, races, and backgrounds, whether they were a part of the civil rights movement themselves, or a student of the movement through stories passed down through family, friends and history books.

Notable African Americans who have made significant contributions to the African American community have been invited to sit on the National Committee of Honor for the project, including U.S. Representative Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI), Chair-woman of the Congressional Black Caucus.

The women featured in the exhibit are Dorothy Height, Sonia Sanchez, Ida B. Wells, Septima Poinsette Clark, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Kathleen Cleaver, Constance Baker Motley, C. Deloris Tucker, Myrlie Evers-Williams, Dr. Betty Shabazz, Harriet Tubman, Barbara Jordan, Ella J. Baker, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Rosa Parks, Mary Church Terrell, Shirley Chisholm, Fannie Lou Hamer, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Coretta Scott King.

The world premiere of the exhibition will run through September 14, 2008 at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal.

Guests:

Douglass W. McDonald, President & CEO, Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal

Pamela Alexander, Director of Community Development, Ford Motor Company Fund

For additional information about the Cincinnati Museum Center and Freedom's Sisters, visit the CMC website or call (513) 287-7000.

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