In 1963, King led several nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham, known at the time as "the most segregated city in America." ...

Richard Arrington Jr., Birmingham's first Black mayor, shares his experiences with segregation and offers insights on the ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote some of his most enduring words behind bars. From a Birmingham, Alabama, jail cell in 1963, on smuggled bits of paper, he wrote a legendary essay that still lands ...

Roginsky apparently confused the tactics of then-Birmingham Public Safety Commissioner Bull Connor, who used fire hoses and ...

This is an opinion column. It doesn’t work if this doesn’t work. A vibrant, economically thriving civil rights district in Birmingham — an opportunity that’s long overdue — doesn’t happen if its ...

Originally published Jan. 19, 2023. For a Google doc of this lesson, click here. (Note: You will need to make a copy of the Google doc to edit it.) In this lesson, students will b ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is inviting the community to explore the institute’s historic galleries for its Juneteenth celebration. On June 19, there will be free ...

The City of Birmingham is inviting public input on the Birmingham Civil Rights Crossroads project, a planned 3.16-mile urban trail network that reconnects the historic Graymont and Smithfield ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WCSC) - Four Black children were killed and more than a dozen were hurt in a bombing at a Birmingham, Alabama, church during the Civil Rights movement. The bomb exploded in a back ...

Life of civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin honored by loved ones ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 1963 (UPI)-President Kennedy asked Congress Thursday for a series of new laws to protect Negroes from "the cruel disease of discrimination" in voting, schooling, and other walks ...

There are nine National Parks in Alabama, including National Monuments, National Military Parks, National Preserves, and ...