Birmingham Sites

This site provided a brief overview of the events of the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham. Also, the site presents present monuments to the this era that can be found in Birmingham.
@ http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/black_history/travel/birmingham/index.html

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute provides a wealth of primary sources, oral histories, and exhibits on the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama. Teachers click onto curriculum guide to learn how to receive a curriculum that can be used to present the Civil Rights Movement to your students.
@ http://bcri.bham.al.us/

This site provided by the HISTORYNET provides additional resources, photos, and articles about the 16th Street Baptist Church.
@ http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/16thstbombing/index.htm

This provides historical background information on the bombing the of 16th Street Baptist Church
@ http://www.africanaonline.com/church_bombing.htm

Scroll down on the left menu and select Birmingham 1963 for an overview of Civil Rights events in Birmingham and link to Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”
@ http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/

CNN story- “Birmingham Enshrines Civil Rights Struggle” http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/black_history/travel/birmingham/index.html

This site offers a short biography of former Birmingham police commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor.
@ http://www.viscom.ohiou.edu/moore.site/Pages/birmingham7.html

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