Alabama MPS Birmingham Civil Rights Historic District

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Alabama MPS Birmingham Civil Rights Historic District

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This resource is located in Jefferson County, Alabama. This includes the registration form, photographs, maps, and correspondence detailing the significance of the Birmingham Civil Rights Historic District. The district comprises 36 acres within Birmingham, Alabama including churches, retail, and municipal buildings that were sites of Civil Rights movement marches, protests, and demonstrations, including the Birmingham Campaign and Children’s Crusade of 1963. Within the boundaries of the historic district are the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, the Colored Masonic Temple, and Kelly Ingram Park (National Archives Identifier 77836482). Areas of significance include: Ethnic Heritage: African American; Social History. Architectural classifications include: Classical Revival; Gothic Revival; Renaissance Revival; Romanesque Revival; Byzantine Revival; Colonial Revival; Art Deco; International; Jefferson Classicism.

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is a national organization organized in chapters and affiliates that works for human rights across the world. It played a prominent role in the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s. SCLC was closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King, Jr. Origins of the SCLC can be traced back to the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 5 December 1955 after which leaders of civil rights groups met in Atlanta on 10-11 January 1957 to form ...