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The A.G. Gaston Motel is a historic building and former motel in Birmingham, Alabama. [1] [2] In 1963 during the Civil Rights movement, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference used a room in the hotel as their headquarters, which was later bombed by terrorists.
African American hotels, motels, and boarding houses were founded during segregation in the United States, offering separate lodging and boarding facilities for African Americans. The Green Book (1936–1966) was a guidebook for African American travelers and included hotel, motel, and boarding house listings where they could stay.
Thomas Jefferson Tower, originally the Thomas Jefferson Hotel and then the Cabana Hotel, is a 19-story building on the western side of downtown Birmingham, Alabama. It was completed in 1929 as the 350-room Thomas Jefferson Hotel and is at 1623 2nd Avenue North. [1] It has a tower in its roof intended to be a zeppelin mooring mast.
Gaston died in Birmingham, Alabama, on January 19, 1996, at the age of 103. [19] He left behind an insurance company, the Booker T. Washington Insurance Company; a construction firm, the A.G. Gaston Construction Company, Smith and Gaston Funeral Home, and a financial institution, CFS Bancshares. The City of Birmingham owns the motel.
The Redmont Hotel Birmingham, or simply the Redmont Hotel, [3] is a 14-story-tall (160 ft; 49 m), 120-room boutique hotel and conference center located on the corner of 5th Avenue North and 21st Street in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. The Redmont, named after Birmingham's Red Mountain is the oldest hotel in
The Birmingham riot of 1963 was a civil disorder and riot in Birmingham, Alabama, that was provoked by bombings on the night of May 11, 1963. The bombings targeted African-American leaders of the Birmingham campaign. In response, local African-Americans burned businesses and fought police throughout the downtown area.