Photograph of Rolls Down Like Water: American Civil Rights Movement Exhibit

The U.S. Civil Rights Movement gallery presents the brave fight for equality in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Visitors will be immersed in a visceral experience of sights, sounds, and interactive displays depicting the courageous struggles of individuals working to transform the United States from Jim Crow laws to equal rights for all. The exhibit concludes with a tribute to Dr. King and all martyrs who lost their lives to make the United States a stronger nation. Rolls Down Like Water is curated by Tony Award–winning theatrical playwright and film director George C. Wolfe.

About the Curator:
George Costello Wolfe (born September 23, 1954) is an American playwright and director of theater and film. He won a Tony Award in 1993 for directing Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and another Tony Award in 1996 for his direction of the musical Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk.