In honor of the 50th anniversary of the march, there will be a reenactment of the Childrenâs Crusade and the opening of an exhibit on the childrenâs march at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Spend the morning at the Birmingham Museum of Art, then have lunch at a traditional Southern tea room. Among its ⦠9. The Siege of the Freedom Riders, Bernard Lafayette. Beacon Press, 1994; 7. SNCC: The Growth of Radicalism in a Civil Rights Organization, Emily Stoper. In April 1963 King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) joined with Birmingham, Alabamaâs existing local movement, the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR), in a massive direct action campaign to attack the cityâs segregation system by putting pressure on Birminghamâs merchants during the Easter season, the second biggest shopping season of the year. She recalls hosting the Freedom Riders in 1961, and spending a year in a segregated sanitarium when she had tuberculosis. Vivian ⦠The Montgomery-based New South Books says âItâs in the Action: Memories of a Nonviolent Warriorâ is now available. Civil rights activists became increasingly combative in the 1963 to 1964 period, seeking to defy such events as the thwarting of the Albany campaign, police repression and Ku Klux Klan terrorism in Birmingham, and the assassination of Medgar Evers. It states that no citizen can be denied equal use of public facilities on the basis of color. Follow the path of heroic marches through Atlanta and Birmingham and from Selma to Montgomery, now a National Historic Trail. 1881. The movement is famous for using non-violent protests and civil disobedience (peacefully refusing to follow unfair laws). New York Times May 19, 2011. Plan your visit today. Commemorate the central figures of civil rights on field trips to the Rosa Parks Museum, Carter Center and the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. This lesson is no exception; however, it will also look at less well-known members of the civil rights struggle: those whose courageous actions triggered a federal response. Whether you're into the history of the Civil Rights movement, a fan of jazz music or just looking for culture and a few fun activities for the family, Sweet Birmingham is the place for you. Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum 6. The Institute cannot give permission to use or reproduce any of the writings, statements, or images of Martin Luther King, Jr. An Alabama publisher has released the memoir of the late civil rights leader C.T. The Civil Rights Movement was a social movement in the United States that tried to gain equal rights for African Americans. Vivian of Atlanta months after his death. There they stood, symbols of the racial divide that gripped the South in the days leading up to the civil rights movement. The civil rights movement was a struggle for justice and equality for African Americans that took place mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. 8. Please c ontact Intellectual Properties Management (IPM), the exclusive licensor of the Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. at licensing@i-p-m.com or 404 526-8968. 10. Most lessons on the 1960s Civil Rights Movement focus on key national leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and President John F. Kennedy. David A. Zonderman, review of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, and National Civil Rights Museum, Journal ofAmerican History, 91 (June 2004), 174-83; Kathryn L. Nasstrom, "Down to Now: Memory, Narrative, and Women's Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement in You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train, Howard Zinn. 5. Gwendolyn Patton discusses attending the Tuskegee Institute, where she became involved in many civil rights organizations and was elected student body president. 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