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The events in Birmingham in the spring and summer of 1963 are considered the "turning point" in the Civil Rights Movement. Photo: Front Entrance - Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. |
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The events in Birmingham in the spring and summer of 1963 are considered the "turning point" in the Civil Rights Movement. Photo: Front Entrance - Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. |
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Birmingham convinced Congress to pass
national legislation overriding state segregation laws.
Photo: Entrance Hall Rotunda - Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. |
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This is a statue of Fred L.
Shuttlesworth. It stands in front of the Birmingham Civil Rights
Institute.
Rev. Shuttlesworth was the minister at an African-American church in Birmingham. He organized the demonstrations against racial segregation in the city. It was Shuttlesworth who invited the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to come to Birmingham and help in the fight against racial discrimination. |
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A pro-civil rights assistant to a U.S. Senator summed up the impact of Birmingham: "The key to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was Birmingham, which changed the entire emotional climate on Capitol Hill." Photo: Head And Shoulders - Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth. |