The sisters of Denise McNair, who was killed during a racist bombing, hosts lunch and learns with young activists.

sit-ins and marches took place during the 1950s and 1960s. While the bus station is federally owned and part of the National Civil Rights Trail, Birmingham’s sites have the additional ...

Negro protest march directed at churches BIRMINGHAM, Ala ... today in an attempt to head off another outbreak of civil rights demonstrations.The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., leaders of the ...

To learn more about Birmingham's role in the civil rights movement, plan a visit to the Civil Rights District. This six-block area in downtown Birmingham encompasses several historic sites ...

It was the early spring of 1963, Saturday, March 23, and again on Saturday, March 30, to be exact when a group of ...

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) said March 14 that the University of Alabama was under investigation by the Office for Civil Rights for allegedly offering ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Members of the local nonprofit Save Our Youth Kings and Queens have embarked on a civil rights tour, with their first stop in Birmingham, Alabama. Nearly three dozen children ...

local historians and even some of the faithful activists known as foot soldiers who actively played a role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Throughout this transformative small-group tour, ...

Today, I think people of this generation just march because they were told ... Chairwoman of the Birmingham Civil Rights Activist Committee “Foot Soldiers Headquarters” downtown.

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute presents the moving story of the city's role in the civil rights movement, focusing not just on the past, but also on the continuing international struggle ...