1963April – September 1963 · Birmingham Civil Rights District, Alabama
Birmingham campaign and the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
In spring 1963 Martin Luther King Jr., Fred Shuttlesworth and the SCLC led protests against segregation in Birmingham; King wrote his 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' after his arrest. When schoolchildren marched in May, Bull Connor turned police dogs and fire hoses on them in front of news cameras. In September a Klan bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church killed four girls. Both drove the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Sites
- Site 1: 16th Street Baptist ChurchWorking church with a memorial to the four girls killed in 1963.Map ↗
- Site 2: Kelly Ingram ParkPark with sculptures of the dogs and hoses used against young marchers.Map ↗
- Site 3: Birmingham Civil Rights InstituteMuseum of segregation and the movement, across the street from the church.Map ↗
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