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Close-up of the sculpture of school children participating in the Birmingham demonstrations. |
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Close-up of the sculpture of school children participating in the Birmingham demonstrations. |
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This companion sculpture of jail bars
memorializes the willingness of school children to get arrested and go
to jail in order to support civil rights.
Officials in Washington, D.C., asked how long children would be used in the Birmingham protests. The reply: "Until we run out of children." |
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This marble sculpture in Kelly Ingram Park portrays African-American religious leaders praying for guidance for the Civil Rights Movement. |
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Birmingham City Hall became well-known to watchers of network television news. The building symbolized white Southern resistance to African-American demands for equality and justice. |