Echoes of the Past, Voices for Tomorrow
Soul Alma Museum was founded by Alma Alonzo Chavarria and Eugenio Chavarria with a heartfelt mission: to preserve the deeply personal history of her family’s home and ensure the injustices of segregation and the Civil Rights era are never forgotten.
This virtual museum serves as a living tribute to truth, education, and remembrance—ensuring the mistakes of the past are not repeated, and the voices that once struggled for dignity and justice continue to be heard.
The People Who Moved the Soul
Voices That Brought the Vote
President Lyndon Johnson shakes hands with civil rights activists, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., after signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Image courtesy the LBJ Presidential Library.
Marching History Forward
The Cilvil Rights Movement
Abernathy and his wife Juanita Abernathy with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King. James Reeb and the Abernathy children are shown in the front line, leading the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.
The front line of demonstrators during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington D.C., August 28, 1963. Image courtesy Steve Schapiro/Corbis via Getty Images.