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One of President Barack Obama\u2019s final acts as president was to create this national monument that encompasses several significant locations in civil rights history: The Masonic Temple Building, also known as the \u201cBlack Skyscraper,\u201d The Historic Bethel Baptist Church, a key site in the 1961 Freedom Rides, and St. Paul United Methodist Church, one of the oldest African-American churches in Birmingham. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n 520 16th St N<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a good place to start, with its focus on teaching visitors about Birmingham\u2019s civil rights movements. It has permanent exhibits on the Rev. Martin Luther King\u2019s Letter from a Birmingham Jail, the Children\u2019s Crusade and other significant events that happened here. Currently the institute has a special exhibit on A.G. Gaston, one of the few Black hotel owners in the Jim Crow era. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The A.G. Gaston Motel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1510 5th Ave N<\/p>\n\n\n\n After seeing the exhibit at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, you can head over to the A.G. Gaston Motel, now a national monument co-owned by the city of Birmingham and the National Parks Service. Built by Arthur George Gaston and designed by Stanley B. Echols, this motel was the site of activity for Southern Christian Leadership Conference leaders during the Birmingham Campaign in 1963, where they strategized and held press conferences in the motel courtyard.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Kelly Ingram Park<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 500 17th St N<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kelly Ingram Park, part of the Birmingham Civil Rights Monument and located right outside the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, is famous as the site where children protesting for civil rights were attacked by police dogs. It showcases several sculptures that depict the struggle. It\u2019s free to visit and open every day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 16th Street Baptist Church<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1530 6th Ave N<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16th Street Baptist Church has an extensive history in the 20th century Civil Rights movement, being the first Colored Baptist Church in Birmingham. In 1963, a bomb exploded in the church, killing four girls and injuring 20 other members. This bombing garnered sympathy and support from several parts of the world. More than $300,000 was contributed to its restoration and reopening in 1964. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1727 4th Ave N<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park honors the Temptations\u2019 lead singer, a Birmingham native, known for his falsetto singing style. He and the four other Temptations hit the top of the charts with their Motown music, but did not settle just for fame. While releasing music, they made protest songs such as \u201cCloud Nine\u201d and \u201cMessage From A Black Man.\u201d The park is a block away from the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Christiana Norris Just 20 minutes from the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex is the cradle of civil rights in Birmingham, one of the key battlegrounds for desegregation in 1963. Six important sites are steps from […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,399],"tags":[400,409,410,33],"class_list":{"0":"post-2989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-features","8":"category-nabj23","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-civil-rights","11":"tag-history","12":"tag-nabj"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2989"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3298,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989\/revisions\/3298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/nabjmonitor.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/5N8A3132.jpg\")
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