Birmingham, Alabama was a racially segregated city during the 1950’s and 60’s. Student groups traveling the Modern Civil Rights Experience trail will relive the tragedies and triumphs of those who risked their lives to confront segregation and said, “Enough is Enough.”
This award winning exhibition takes students on a journey through the Civil Rights Movement. The tour begins with an 8-minute introductory film. A volunteer docent then guides students through seven different galleries featuring archives from the era. This site provides an excellent overview of the movement and touches on all of the historic places that your students will see as they continue their Civil Rights tour.
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This park was the epicenter for America’s demonstrations for school integration and civil rights in the 60’s. The park contains dramatic sculptures that vividly depict the “struggle, sacrifice and change” of the era; Ministers Kneeling in Prayer, the Children’s March, Fire Hosing of Demonstrators, Police Dog Attack, Foot Soldiers, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Used for mass meetings and rallies in favor of integrating Birmingham’s public schools in the early 60’s, this church soon had a larger role to play in the Movement. Just days after the six-year school integration battle was won, the church became infamously known as the site where four young girls lost their lives in a 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing. The guided tour is led by a volunteer docent and includes a video of the events leading up to and including the bombing.
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