The billionaire owner of the Atlanta Falcons is donating $17 million to help a civil rights museum expand and offer new programming.
Arthur Blank’s family foundation announced the gift to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights on Thursday. The vast majority of the money will fund a new, three-story west wing at the downtown Atlanta museum that will include space to educate visitors about lynching.
The remaining $2 million will be used to fund storytelling and other projects that connect the history of racial injustice to contemporary challenges.
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