BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 5 ... Backers pleased with Washington civil rights march WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 1963 (UPI) - The greatest civil rights march in U.S. history, hailed as a huge success by ...

An investigation has been launched after three people were attacked during a trans rights rally in Birmingham. The man pushed and spat at three attendees during a march in New Street at about 13: ...

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.

On Palm Sunday, April 13, the Titusville Memorial Marker Committee along with St. Paul Lutheran Church dedicated a marker honoring a white pastor who played a key role in the civil rights movement in ...

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 ...

The first civil rights march, in April 1963, ended with Dr King and other leaders of the march being arrested and put in prison. While in prison, King wrote ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail ...

“It is impossible to not picture Alabama when you envision civil rights in America,” advocate Phillip Howard says in “54 Miles to Home,” a short film about the families who invited protesters to camp ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...