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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UY5_the-tutwiler-ridgely-rebirth-historical_Birmingham-AL.html
In the early 1970's, Birmingham, like many other cities, viewed the improved health of its downtown as best represented in new construction and high-rise office buildings. Thus, the Tutwiler again made history in 1974, when it was one of the first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E62_the-foot-soldiers_Birmingham-AL.html
When notoriously racist police commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor sicced dogs on the "Foot Soldiers" of the movement, civil rights leaders hoped it would shine a national spotlight on their plight, but the country at large remained woefully ignoran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DY2_la-basilique-saint-patrick-saint-patricks-basilica_Montreal-QC.html
Bel exemple des d?buts du n?o-gothique, la basilique Saint-Patrick fut b?tie entre 1843 et 1847 pour la communaut? irlandaise de Montr?al. Con?ue par Pierre-Louis Morin et le p?re F?lix Martin, elle combine la simplicit? de l'architecture qu?b?coi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DY1_kneeling-ministers_Birmingham-AL.html
Responsible for much planning and leadership, the clergy played a central role in the Birmingham Campaign—like the famous Palm Sunday incident in 1963 (see nearby plaque). Local clergy like Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth worked with out-of-town min…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWW_don-t-tread-on-me_Birmingham-AL.html
Leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) learned they could apply economic pressure to White businesses with more effective results than moral persuasion alone. Therefore, the central strategy of the Birmingham Campaign targe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWV_jim-crow-on-the-books_Birmingham-AL.html
The first march to City Hall was organized in 1955 by Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth when he petitioned the city to hire Negro policemen. By 1963, thousands of Blacks marched on City Hall to protest Jim Crow laws that were a constant reminder of Black…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWU_don-t-tread-on-me_Birmingham-AL.html
1963A female protestor remained defiant as police drag her away from a demonstration in Birmingham's nearby retail district. Activists in Birmingham—led for seven years by Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth before the 1963 Birmingham Campaign—put…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWT_non-violent-foot-soldiers_Birmingham-AL.html
Those who participated in the marches and other demonstrations in the Birmingham Campaign agreed to a pledge of nonviolence. A few of the "Ten Commandments" of the pledge were: "Mediate daily on the teaching and life of Jesus. Remember always that…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWS_police-presence_Birmingham-AL.html
May 1963Helmeted police stand ready in Kelly Ingram Park outside the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, one of many strategic hubs from which "Project C" organizers launched marches. Police try to keep marchers away from City Hall, usually stopping …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWR_dr-martin-luther-king-jr_Birmingham-AL.html
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth invited Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Birmingham in 1962. Shuttlesworth saw potential in the young minister, and their combined efforts were instrumental in Birmingham's desegregation. The campaign catapulted King into the…
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