Civil Rights Heritage Center
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Civil Rights Heritage Center is a museum in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 219 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is The History Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Civil Rights Heritage Center (CRHC) is an institution established by Indiana University South Bend as a result of student interest and faculty support as a center for the study and documentation of local civil rights history. Through community involvement, students, faculty, and community members joined forces to push for the restoration of a public building known for its policy of racial discrimination against African Americans as a center for the study of civil rights. Now housed in the former Engman Public Natatorium – South Bend, Indiana's first swimming pool that excluded and then segregated against African Americans for almost thirty years – the CRHC is dedicated to the preservation of the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement, as well as the history of race and ethnic relations in the South Bend area, and seeks to provide education, research, and forums, while examining human rights principles and challenges for future generations. Located within the West Washington National Historic Register District, the Engman Natatorium opened in 1922 as a public swimming pool that limited use to whites and was not fully integrated until 1950. The Natatorium closed in 1978, and sat for decades in a state of disrepair. Thanks to the efforts of students and faculty from Indiana University South Bend, the City of South Bend, the South Bend Heritage Foundation, and the Indiana University Foundation, the building underwent extensive renovations and now functions as the home of the Civil Rights Heritage Center.
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Wikidata Q24061798, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Pulaski Park: 0.4 mi
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Dream Center: 0.5 mi
- Gwen Stiver Park: 0.9 mi
- Pier Park: 0.9 mi
- Island Park: 1.0 mi
- Chamberlain Lake Nature Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Brandywine Creek Nature Park: 8.8 mi
- Potato Creek State Park: 9.9 mi
- Dayton Wet Prairie Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Bakertown Fen: 11.5 mi
- The History Museum: 0.2 mi
- The Oliver Mansion: 0.2 mi
- The Studebaker National Museum: 0.2 mi
- HealthWorks! Kids' Museum: 0.7 mi
- South Bend Museum of Art: 0.9 mi
- Red Throne: 2.0 mi
- Tracery: 2.0 mi
- Labyrinth: 2.0 mi
- Fern Temple IV: 2.1 mi
- Two Lines Oblique: 2.1 mi
- Bird feeding area: 2.0 mi
- Greenhouse Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Courtyard: 8.2 mi
- Lakeville Unity Garden: 10.1 mi
- Sensory Garden at Cobus Park: 11.0 mi
- Better Homes of South Bend: 1.7 mi
- Clark Memorial Fountain: 2.4 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument: 4.2 mi
- Indiana Territorial Line: 4.3 mi
- Freedom Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Orchard Shore Shelters Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Otahnagon Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Hardwoods: 12.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Riverbend Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Birthday Chair: 0.8 mi
- St. Joseph County Fairgrounds: 4.5 mi
- Tree Sign: 11.6 mi
- South Vista: 13.7 mi
- Bauer Terrace: 13.7 mi
- Reeves Hill: 8.6 mi
- Vargo Hill: 8.8 mi
- Carlisle Hill: 11.8 mi
- Mount Randall: 23.3 mi
- Tower Hill: 23.4 mi
- Pleasant Lake East Beach: 12.7 mi
- Weko Beach: 24.5 mi
- Stone Lake Beach: 24.9 mi
- Builders Association-Elkhart,: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Civil Rights Heritage Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle Hill | W 267° | 280.4 m | 11.8 mi |
| Vargo Hill | SSW 207° | 270 m | 8.8 mi |
| Reeves Hill | SSW 212° | 264 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Edward | NW 318° | 242 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Randall | NW 314° | 235 m | 23.3 mi |
| Tower Hill | NW 313° | 233 m | 23.4 mi |
| Pikes Peak | NW 312° | 229 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Fuller | NW 312° | 227 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:21 | 19:57 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:42 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:34 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Bend, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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