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Auburn, Alabama municipal elections are held every four years to elect the mayor of the city and members of the city council. [1] [2] A runoff election is held if no candidate receives a majority of the votes, in both mayoral and city council elections. [3]
Ellwanger was the only white minister in Birmingham who took such an active role in supporting equal rights for African Americans. [4] Ellwanger spoke at the funeral for one of the four girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in September, 1963, where Dr. King delivered the eulogy. [5]
Resigned to become a US judge for the Middle and Northern District of Alabama. Newton N. Clements: December 8, 1880 – March 4, 1881 Democratic: 6th: Elected to finish Lewis's term. Retired. David Clopton: March 4, 1859 – January 21, 1861 Democratic: 3rd: Elected in 1859. Withdrew due to Civil War. James E. Cobb: March 4, 1887 – April 21 ...
The Rev. Dr. Cecil L. “Chip” Murray, an influential pastor and civil rights leader who used his tenure at one of Los Angeles' oldest churches to uplift the predominantly Black neighborhoods of ...
The Children's Crusade, or Children's March, was a march by over 1,000 school students in Birmingham, Alabama on May 2–10, 1963. Initiated and organized by Rev. James Bevel, the purpose of the march was to walk downtown to talk to the mayor about segregation in their city.
A U.K. mom of three thought she had Long Covid — until doctors discovered that she had a necrotising disease that forced her into a coma.. The long health journey for Sam Lewis, 38, began in ...
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a comprehensive museum and educational center in Birmingham, Alabama that depicts the events and actions of the 1963 Birmingham campaign, its Children's Crusade, and others of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
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