LYNN ? The Lynn Museum & Historical Society will celebrate Black History Month with a first-hand account of one man’s amazing journey during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.Ed Battle has a few things to say about life as an African American and he will speak his mind on Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lynn Museum & Historical Society.Battle, who was born in 1937 in Cambridge, moved to Salem with his family when he was 8. He had what he described as a “happy and uneventful childhood.”After graduating high school, Battle joined the Air Force in 1954 and was assigned to the Radio Intercept School in Biloxi, Miss. where he experienced racial discrimination.Battle was discharged from the Air Force in 1958 and eventually went to work for General Electric in Lynn.As a result of experiencing racial discrimination first hand, Battle joined the NAACP and became actively involved in the Civil Rights Movement, when he had a first-hand view of the terrible riots in several cities, including Boston.In 1964, Battle volunteered to go to Mississippi to help with voter registration and became a volunteer bodyguard for Dr. Martin Luther King. He also joined many community organizations because he wanted to promote the idea that the Civil Rights Movement was a human cause, not just a black cause.His presentation will include a history of Black America from slavery to abolition and the era of civil rights. Following his presentation, Battle will answer questions from the audience.The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of “Open Thursdays” when the Lynn Museum & Historical Society, 590 Washington St., is open from noon until 8 p.m.