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February 2007 "Someday" Opens to Enthusiastic Crowd More than 100 visitors from several generations celebrated the public opening of Someday: The Fall of Jim Crow in Central Virginia, 1954-1981” on Sunday, February 18. The exhibit, Legacy’s seventh since the Museum opened in 2000, uses text, images, artifacts, and vignettes to explore the local civil rights movement in the context of the national movement. The title “Someday,” which quotes the end of “We Shall Overcome,” expresses the belief that the social traditions and legal policies of Jim Crow would one day be struck down. "Deep in My Heart," the exhibit that preceded "Someday," explored the rise of Jim Crow. "Someday" looks at the public and private battles that led to his fall. The exhibit shows how sit-ins, protests, and legal challenges to segregation. Besides viewing the new exhibit, visitors to the opening also attended a program in the Fellowship Hall at Fifth Street Baptist Church, across Monroe Street from the Museum. "Someday" received financial support from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) of the City of Lynchburg, and the Verizon Foundation. The exhibit will be on display until May 30, 2008.
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