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The nationally touring exhibition, For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, from NEH on the Road, traces the role that images and media played in igniting the Civil Rights Movement. For All the World to See will run from Saturday, September 6 through Sunday, October 26 at the Mercer Museum in Doylestown, PA.

The museum will host a range of public programs: "On Saturday, September 13, at 2 p.m., Dr. Leonard Bethel of Rutgers University discusses his biography of educator and activist, Layle Lane, in the program, La Citadelle: Layle Lane Civil Rights Pioneer. The film, Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders, will be shown on Saturday, September 20 at 2 p.m., and will be followed by a discussion with the film’s producer, Joan Sadoff. Dr. Deborah Willis, a consultant on the For All the World to See exhibit, presents the lecture: For All the World to See: Photography and Visual Media in Movements for Change, on Saturday, September 27 at 2 p.m. The preceding programs are all included with museum admission. The theatrical concert, We Shall Not Be Moved! features vocalist and actor, Keith Spencer, performing popular songs and poignant readings from the Civil Rights era, on Saturday, October 18 at 3 p.m. The concert is $15 per person and includes museum admission."

>Read more about FATWTS at The Mercer Museum here.

The NEH on the Road version of For All the World to See will open on 3 September at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Read the article by Clint Cooper in the Times Free Press.

> Read coverage of FATWTS in Chattanooga

A number of our friends have inquired about the schedule for the NEH on the Road version of For All the World to See. Here it is:

April 06, 2012 - May 25, 2012
Wyandotte County Historical Museum
Bonner Springs, KS CLOSED

July 16, 2012 - October 20, 2012
Terrebonne Parish Library
Houma, LA CLOSED

November 10, 2012 - January 07, 2013
Kansas African American Museum
Wichita, KS CLOSED

January 28, 2013 - March 16, 2013
William F. Laman Public Library
North Little Rock, AR CLOSED

April 6, 2013 - May 25, 2013
Chippewa Valley Museum
Eau Claire, WI CLOSED

June 16, 2013 - August 11, 2013
Oregon Historical Society
Portland, OR CLOSED

September 01, 2013 - October 20, 2013
Bessie Smith Cultural Center
Chattanooga, TN CLOSED

November 10, 2013 - January 07, 2014
[Refurbishment]
Kansas City, MO

January 28, 2014 - March 16, 2014
University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX CLOSED

April 06, 2014 - May 25, 2014
William Jewell College
Liberty, MO

June 16, 2014 - August 11, 2014
OPEN DATE

September 01, 2014 - October 20, 2014
Mercer Museum
Doylestown, PA

November 10, 2014 - January 7, 2015
Black History Museum
Richmond, VA

January 28, 2015 - March 16, 2015
Bell County Museum
Belton, TX

April 06, 2015 - May 25, 2015
Stearns History Museum
St. Cloud, MN

June 16, 2015 - August 11, 2015
Love's Jazz and Art Center
Omaha, NE

September 01, 2015 - October 20, 2015
Branigan Cultural Center
Las Cruces, NM

November 10, 2015 - January 07, 2016
Cape Fear Museum
Wilmington, NC

January 28, 2016 - March 16, 2016
Alexandria Black History Museum
Alexandria, VA

April 6, 2016 - May 25, 2016
Kean University
Union, NJ

June 16, 2016 - August 11, 2016
Lyman Allyn Art Museum
New London, CT

September 01, 2016 - October 20, 2016
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL

November 10, 2016 - January 07, 2017
West Baton Rouge Museum
West Baton Rouge, LA

January 28, 2017 - March 16, 2017
Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council
Texarkana, TX

Opening this Sunday, 16 June 2013, at the Oregon History Museum in Portland: The NEH on the Road version of For All the World to See.

> Read about FATWTS in The Portland Observer

> Read about FATWTS on the Oregon History Museum website

The NEH on the Road version of For All the World to See is now in Wisconsin.

> Read about it here.

The NEH on the Road version of For All the World to See is now at the Laman Library in North Little Rock, AK. Read about it in the Arkansas Times. The big show continues at CADVC in Baltimore through 10 March 2013.

> Read about the project in the Arkansas Times

Read this important article about the NEH on the Road version of For All the World to See on the website of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

> Read the NEH article

Read these excellent reviews of the NEH on the Road version of For All the World to See in Louisiana newspapers and blogs!

> Read the newest review of For All the World to See in The Daily Comet

> Read this earlier review in the Daily Comet

> Read about FATWTS in HOUMA TODAY

> Terrebonne Parish Library Newsletter

> Follow Up on FATWTS in the Daily Comet

The NEH on the Road version of For All the World to See just opened at its next venue: Terrebonne Parish Main Library in Houma, Louisiana. It's up until 20 October 2012!

> Read More About This Venue

NEH on the Road version For All the World to See on NPR: Central Standard Time show on KCUR, Kansas City!

> Click here to Listen to NPR coverage of NEH on the Road/FATWTS

Read more about For All the World to See/NEH on the Road at the Wyandotte County Historical Museum in the Kansas City Studio!

>Read About FATWTS/NEH on the Road in the KC Studio