Jesse Jackson said goodbye to this Alabama civil rights giant months before Obama made history

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was in Birmingham on a summer day in 2008 and visited with the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, the final ...
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Check out this free Civil Rights self-tour in Birmingham

Black History Month is here + Birmingham has so much rich history. We got the scoop on it + an exciting new urban development happening soon in Birmingham. NowPartner #bham #birmingham #civilrights #f ...

Birmingham's first Black mayor reflects on civil rights and city's future

Richard Arrington Jr., the first Black mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, served as the city's mayor for 20 years and remains one ...
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Birmingham honors Dr. King’s legacy with unity events and free day at Civil Rights Institute

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Martin Luther King Jr. Day carried special meaning in Birmingham as residents gathered across the ...
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Birmingham invites input on civil rights trail

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 ...
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Civil rights leaders honor FDNY for condemning Birmingham officials’ use of fire hoses, dogs on children in 1963 protests

Months before four little girls were killed in a Birmingham, Ala., church bombing that helped turn the tide of the civil rights movement in 1963, their friends and classmates bravely took to the ...
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Civil Rights Recordings: Mass Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama [sound recording]

CDR copy; Extensive notes and bibliographical references in accompanying booklet. Performer(s): Documentary of a mass meeting, including speeches by Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King ; songs ...