Few museums show the North's Civil Rights Movement. A new one in Harlem is 'just getting started'

New York’s National Urban League is opening this weekend an Urban Civil Rights Museum in Harlem, aimed at highlighting civil-rights struggles in the North—a first of its kind in the city, organizers say. Housed in the Urban League’s Manhattan headquarters, the nearly 12,000-square-foot museum will feature permanent and rotating exhibits tracing lesser-known regional histories and local changemakers. Founding executive director and chief curator Jennifer Scott said the goal is to show that “history is living” and that visitors are “key participants.” Urban League president and CEO Marc Morial said the museum’s Harlem location anchors its story near landmarks including the Apollo Theater and the Schomburg Center.