‘From Selma to the Black Panthers: Family Conversations in the Gallery’

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Panther Bobby Seale both sought civil rights for African-Americans, but their views of the appropriate means for attaining that goal differed greatly. In this program at the DiMenna Children’s History Museum of the New-York Historical Society, young visitors can reflect on the material presented in the exhibitions “Freedom Journey 1965: Photographs of the Selma to Montgomery March by Stephen Somerstein” and “Art as Activism.” Geared to older children, the program will discuss how the civil rights movement evolved from Dr. King’s espousal of nonviolent protest to the Black Panthers’ advocacy of armed resistance. It is also intended to provide a context for understanding how the struggle for civil rights continues today.