In 1963, during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and his colleagues at the Southern ...

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute presents the moving story of the city's role in the civil rights movement, focusing not just on the past, but also on the continuing international struggle ...

To learn more about Birmingham's role in the civil rights movement, plan a visit to the Civil Rights District. This six-block area in downtown Birmingham encompasses several historic sites ...

Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a self-guided tour at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, where you can explore the powerful history of the Civil Rights Movement at your own pace and ...

The best known leader of the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King ... learned of the bus burning in Anniston, AL and the riot in Birmingham, AL, Nash argued that it was their duty to ...

Angela Davis (1944-) Angela Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and educated in New ... and held office during the years when the civil rights movement achieved its first milestones.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is hosting several upcoming events. The BCRI is hosting a “Gifts for Good Holiday Market” event Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m ...

The film features 85-year-old Mr. Armstrong, an African American barber in Birmingham, Alabama, as he experiences ... and courageous activist of the Civil Rights era casts his vote, celebrates ...

Martin Luther King joined activists in Birmingham, Alabama ... Discuss the methods of the civil rights movement. In particular consider how successful the policy of non-violence was.

He told WVTM 13 in a past interview that he founded "The Birmingham Times" in the same year as the Civil Rights Act as a way to "to record Black history from a positive standpoint." ...