Decade of Growth Virtual Event: Center for Civil and Human Rights re-envisions potential for national impact via virtual programming, planned expansion

A host of civil rights legends were among the crowd of hundreds who braved stifling heat in June 2014 for the opening of the Center for Civil and Human Rights in downtown Atlanta. Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin called it "just a step" along the city's way toward justice and freedom. U.S. Rep. John Lewis called Atlanta an unbelievable city that continued to attract great minds and leaders who carry the message of speaking "truth to power" as the Civil Rights movement leaders did. Center CEO…