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- NPCA Region: Southeast
- Est. Date: 2017
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In the 1960s, Birmingham, Alabama, was one of the most segregated places in the United States. In 1963, civil rights leaders Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. organized nonviolent protests in the city to take a stand against race-based injustice. Day after day, hundreds of marchers took to the streets, including hundreds of school-aged youth. These nonviolent protesters suffered brutal mistreatment at the hands of police and other city officials, gaining national attention and eventually winning major concessions in the fight for equal rights.
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Read more about Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument Will Preserve Pivotal Sites from America’s Civil Rights History
Victory Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument Will Preserve Pivotal Sites from America’s Civil Rights History In the 1960s, Birmingham, Alabama, was one of the most segregated places in the United States. Nonviolent protesters suffered brutal mistreatment in the struggle for equality and ultimately changed the course of history. Now, a new national monument will help preserve and interpret this critical chapter in the civil rights movement.
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Read more about On the Road to Freedom: Understanding Civil Rights Through Our National Parks and Heritage Areas
Land Based Trip On the Road to Freedom: Understanding Civil Rights Through Our National Parks and Heritage Areas Join NPCA experts on this remarkable journey through some of the most significant sites associated with American civil rights. Along the way, we will have special opportunities to meet with NPCA partners, local historians and even some of the faithful activists known as foot soldiers who actively played a role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Throughout this transformative small-group tour, we’ll make our way from Birmingham to Memphis, immersing ourselves in the extraordinary stories and culture of this defining period in American history.
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Read more about Reflections on Birmingham, Site of America’s Newest National Monument
Blog Post Reflections on Birmingham, Site of America’s Newest National Monument Birmingham was once the nation’s most segregated city, home to brutal, racially motivated violence. Today, a new national park site commemorates the critical civil rights history that happened here.
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Read more about Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument Will Preserve Pivotal Civil Rights History
Press Release Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument Will Preserve Pivotal Civil Rights History Newly designated national park site represents a critical chapter in America’s civil rights story
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Read more about Speaking Up, Fighting Back
Magazine Article Speaking Up, Fighting Back Remembering Birmingham's Struggle for Equality
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