Texas Standard

How police violence shadowed the civil rights movement

The civil rights movement that gained strength in the 1960s was marked by citizen activism – as well as police violence ...
insider.si.edu

Foot soldiers for democracy : the men, women, and children of the Birmingham civil rights movement / edited by Horace Huntley and John W. McKerley ; introductions by Robin D.G ...

"Second volume of oral histories produced by the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Oral History Project (BCRI OHP)"--Pref.
The Washington Post

Dynamite outside a synagogue: Civil rights stories imperiled by federal cuts

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — He came to historic Temple Beth-El to tell his story, which is also the congregation’s story: How, during the early turbulence of the Civil Rights era, he helped to foil what would ...
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Civil Rights Recordings: Mass Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama [sound recording]

CDR copy; Extensive notes and bibliographical references in accompanying booklet. Performer(s): Documentary of a mass meeting, including speeches by Ralph Abernathy and Martin Luther King ; songs ...
al.com

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute at crossroads: Future must be innovative, sustainable

This is an opinion column. It doesn’t work if this doesn’t work. A vibrant, economically thriving civil rights district in Birmingham — an opportunity that’s long overdue — doesn’t happen if its ...

‘Bound Together: Day of Community’ being held Saturday at Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

A free celebration will be held this weekend at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute to honor the victims of lynching in ...