Minds on Freedom (Automobile in American Life Drive-in Theater) The highlight of Celebrate Black History! is the 30-minute interactive musical and dramatic performance Minds on Freedom that makes the story of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s “come alive!” The show celebrates those groups and individuals who had the courage and commitment to ask for more from their nation. People like Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, Gloria Rackley, the Freedom Riders, and Martin Luther King, Jr. did extraordinary things in their struggle for freedom and civil rights. Minds on Freedom explores two – through music and the spoken word - ways in which an entire nation was inspired during the Civil Rights Movement Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays: 11:00am & 12:00pm Thursdays & Fridays: 11:00am, 12:00pm, 1:00pm & 2:00pm Saturdays & Sundays: 11:30am, 1:00pm & 2:30pm Hands-on Freedom (Museum Plaza) • Construct your own "Salute to Our Civil Rights Leaders" headband • Share your vision. Participate in "What if Dr. King were alive today?" With Liberty and Justice for All • The exhibit With Liberty and Justice for All focuses upon four transformative eras in the American quest for freedom: the Revolutionary Era, the Antislavery Movement and Civil War Era, the Women's Suffrage Movement and the Civil Rights Movement. Teacher and student exploration guides for use in the exhibit can be previewed and downloaded here. • Step on the Rosa Parks Bus - As they can every day, visitors are invited to board the bus and sit in one of the seats as they hear the story about one woman’s choice and how it inspired a nationwide civil rights movement.
Special Lecture (Near Your Place In Time Exhibit) On Saturday, February 27th at 1:00 p.m., internationally-known African-American quilter Yvonne Wells joins us from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to talk about the rich symbolism and personal meaning expressed in her evocative Civil Rights-themed story quilt, “Rosa Parks II.” This vibrant handmade quilt is a recent addition to The Henry Ford’s collection and will be on display the month of February.