The Museum of Christian and Gospel Music Recognized as a Site on U.S. Civil Rights Trail

The Museum of Christian & Gospel Music is now officially designated as a site along the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, announced by the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development (TDTD). Alongside the Museum of Christian & Gospel Music, the Jefferson Street Sound Museum was also recognized this year, bringing Tennessee's total to 17 sites featured on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. "There are more intersections between Gospel Music and the Civil Rights Movement than you can imagine," said Museum Executive Director Steve Gilreath. "Music fueled the protesters, defined the moral structure of the effort and gave a national voice to the struggle. The Trail is powerful to follow through the museum, which we call the Soundtrack To The Movement." The Museum of Christian & Gospel Music showcases the role gospel music and its artists played as a source of hope during the fight for Civil Rights. Now proudly[…] Source