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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWQ_non-violent-foot-soldiers_Birmingham-AL.html
The central principle of the American Civil Rights Movement was non-violence, based on the strategies of Mahatma Gandhi, who led India's independence struggle against the British Empire. Being non-violent did not mean being passive. Using "direct …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWP_rev-fred-shuttlesworth_Birmingham-AL.html
No one did more to bring about positive change in Birmingham than the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. In his struggle for equal rights, he survived a series of assaults, including the bombing of his home and a brutal armed beating by the Ku Klux Klan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWN_peace-be-still_Birmingham-AL.html
On Palm Sunday, 1963 Rev. N. H. Smith, Rev. John T. Porter and Rev. A. D. King led a sympathy march from St. Paul United Methodist Church down 6th Avenue North in support of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and Rev. Ralph Aber…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWM_reflecting-pool_Birmingham-AL.html
Throughout May 1963, the pressure continued to build. The downtown business district was closed, a prominent black-owned motel was bombed, and 3,000 federal troops were dispatched to restore order before Birmingham was officially desegregated. Thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWK_water-cannons_Birmingham-AL.html
Bull Connor ordered the fearless "Child Crusaders" to be blasted with high-pressure fire hoses, and he once again loosed the dogs on the young demonstrators. When the media finally exposed the nation to the cruel scene, President John F. Kennedy a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWI_the-childrens-crusade_Birmingham-AL.html
On May 2, 1963, more than 1,000 students skipped school and marched on downtown, gathering at the 16th Street Baptist Church. Bull Connor responded by jailing more than 600 children that day. So the next day, another 1,000 students filled the park…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWH_ground-zero_Birmingham-AL.html
You are standing at Ground Zero of the 1963 civil rights struggle in Birmingham. When African-American leaders and citizens resolved to fight the oppression of a strictly segregated society, they were met with vitriol and violence despite their ow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DW9_dr-martin-luther-king-jr_Birmingham-AL.html
Born Jan. 15, 1929 Assassinated Apr. 4. 1968
"...yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice; say that I was a drum major for peace..."
His dream liberated Birmingham from itself and began a new d…