To mark the 60th anniversary of the passing of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Reading Public Museum is hosting “Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement” in its Works on Paper Gallery on the Ground Floor. The exhibit comprises over 50 black-and-white photographs taken by Lyon during his time as […]
The exhibit tells the story, through art, of how organizers fought and won an eight-year campaign to close the Berks Residential Center in Bern Township.
Four leaders of different faiths praise the decision to shut down the Berks County Detention Center, and discuss what should happen there, and across the United States, next.