Celebrating 60 Years of Civil Rights in Tennessee

Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune) The Tennessee Human Rights Commission will be celebrating its 60th Anniversary on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, from 5:30 – 8:00pm CDT at the National Museum of African Music in Nashville, TN. The theme for the Anniversary is “Honoring our Past, Celebrating our Present, Safeguarding our Future: Marking 60 years of Civil Rights in Tennessee”. For 60 years, the Tennessee Human Rights Commission (THRC) has& been serving the state of Tennessee by educating Tennesseans on their civil& rights and responsibilities, enforcing anti-discrimination laws in& employment, housing, and public accommodations, and monitoring the State of Tennessee’s Title VI compliance. The Commission was born out of& the Civil Rights Movement, being established nearly one month after the March& on Washington on September 30, 1963, when Governor Frank G. Clement signed& Executive Order 18. To honor that legacy, the event will be hosted on the same& date, July 2nd, of the 60th Anniversary of the Civil& Rights Act of 1964. The THRC 60th Anniversary will commemorate important& figures and moments in Tennessee Civil Rights history, celebrate the evolution& of the Commission over the past 60 years, and highlight the state of Civil Rights today& and in the future of Tennessee....