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Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument – Alabama

Images of Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument – Alabama, taken in June 2024.

With anger over segregationist policies in the south boiling over, Birmingham, Alabama became the center of the Civil Rights Movement with activists staging peaceful protests. Leaders implemented “Project C”, a plan of nonviolent confrontation to oppose unfair laws targeting African Americans. At a May 3, 1963 march of teenage protesters starting in Kelly Ingram Park, Commissioner of Public Safety, T. Eugene “Bull” Conner, had the Fire Department target water cannons at the protesters and then directed six German Shepherds to attack the crowd. Witnessing the scene via media outlets, some in the country objected enough to force desegregation in the local Birmingham business community.

Alabama Governor George Wallace continued to resist, forcing President John F. Kennedy to act to force school desegregation in Alabama. In response, on Sunday September 15, white supremacist members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church killing four young girls and injuring scores of others.

Public outrage and pressure over this act of domestic terrorism, ensured passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 2.

The Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument honors the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, as well as all the “Foot Soldiers” and activist who sacrificed for the movement, which led to the elimination of official segregation practices.

It is important to note the phrase “the elimination of official segregation practices”, as the process continued for many years thanks to the work of the activist of the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 2000’s, 2010’s, 2020’s, and on it goes…
A.G. Gaston Motel, African American lodging featured in the Green Book in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
A.G. Gaston Motel, African American lodging featured in the Green Book in Birmingham Civil Rights NM 		Overall view of the A. G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Overall view of the A. G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Courtyard of the A. G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Courtyard of the A. G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Image of activists, including Martin Luther King Jr., in the courtyard of the A. G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Image of activists, including Martin Luther King Jr., in the courtyard of the A. G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Sign on the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Sign on the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Front of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Front of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 View of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
View of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Monument to the four girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing on September 15, 1963, in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Monument to the four girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing on September 15, 1963, in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Place at the 16th Street Baptist Church where the bomb was placed in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Place at the 16th Street Baptist Church where the bomb was placed in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Corner of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Corner of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Gift from the people of Wales to the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Gift from the people of Wales to the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Organ in the sanctuary at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Organ in the sanctuary at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 The stained glass window damaged in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
The stained glass window damaged in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Stained glass window above the entryway in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Stained glass window above the entryway in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Cornerstone of the original 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Cornerstone of the original 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Entrance to Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Entrance to Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Children’s Crusade statue in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Children’s Crusade statue in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Dogs sicced on the movement Foot Soldiers, statue in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Dogs sicced on the movement "Foot Soldiers", statue in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Closeup of a statue police dog in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Closeup of a statue police dog in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Police dog “experience” statue in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Police dog “experience” statue in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Child Crusaders blasted by a water cannon statue in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Child Crusaders blasted by a water cannon statue in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Statue commemorating the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Statue commemorating the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Closeup of statue commemorating the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Closeup of statue commemorating the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 St. Paul United Methodist Church, instrumental in the Civil Rights Movement, in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
St. Paul United Methodist Church, instrumental in the Civil Rights Movement, in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Colored Masonic Temple Building, the “Black Skyscraper” in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Colored Masonic Temple Building, the “Black Skyscraper” in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Front of the Colored Masonic Temple Building in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Front of the Colored Masonic Temple Building in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Prince Hall Grand Lodge sign at the Colored Masonic Temple Building in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Prince Hall Grand Lodge sign at the Colored Masonic Temple Building in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Atlanta Life sign on the Colored Masonic Temple Building in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Atlanta Life sign on the Colored Masonic Temple Building in Birmingham Civil Rights NM		 Cornice on the “Black Skyscraper” in Birmingham Civil Rights NM
Cornice on the “Black Skyscraper” in Birmingham Civil Rights NM

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