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United States Civil Rights Trail Map. Following the Dalai Lama's 2014 tour of the Birmingham Civil Rights District, [1] [2] [3] U.S. President Barack Obama instructed the National Park Service to create more diversity among the nation’s UNESCO World Heritage sites, with particular focus on civil rights.
It is one of nine sites that are part of the Anniston Civil Rights and Heritage Trail, [3] and is commemorated with a historic marker, erected in 2016. [8] [9] The National Park Service, in conjunction with the city of Anniston, has announced plans to develop the building and open it to the public, but as of May 2017 it was closed to visitors. [10]
Historic Trail map. The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail is the shortest of the National Historic Trails at 54 miles. [9] [10] The National Historic Trail starts at the Mount Zion AME Zion Church in Marion. [2] Route signs lead people from Marion to Selma, where there is an interpretative center for the trail. [11]
This church served as the headquarters for the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, an organization active in the Civil Rights Movement, from 1956 to 1961. It focused on legal and nonviolent direct action against segregated accommodations, transportation, schools and employment discrimination. [13] 5 † Bottle Creek Site
A new project is highlighting some of the places in Alabama that played a role in the civil rights movement. An online, oral history presentation called "Voices of Alabama" features photos of ...
That night, an anti-civil rights group murdered civil rights activist James Reeb, a Unitarian Universalist minister from Boston. [8] The third march, which started on March 21, was escorted by the Alabama National Guard under federal control, the FBI and federal marshals (segregationist Governor George Wallace refused to protect the protesters).
The Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument is a United States National Monument in Birmingham, Alabama established in 2017 to preserve and commemorate the work of the 1963 Birmingham campaign, its Children's Crusade, and other Civil Rights Movement events and actions. The monument is administered by the National Park Service. [2]
The Birmingham Civil Rights District is an area of downtown Birmingham, Alabama where several significant events in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s took place. The district was designated by the City of Birmingham in 1992 and covers a six-block area. [2] Landmarks in the district include: