Kelly Ingram Park - Birmingham, AL

 

Used as a staging area during the Civil Rights Movement, Kelly Ingram Park can be found bounded by 16th and 17th Streets and 5th and 6th Avenues North in the Birmingham Civil Rights District. It was here, in May of 1963, where police dogs and fire hoses were used as instruments of police brutality against protestors.

The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing - Birmingham, AL

The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church at 1530 6th Avenue North in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday, September 15th, 1963. Dozens were injured and four children lost their lives. This is the location in