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The Forgotten Role of Black Teachers in Birmingham’s Civil Rights Movement

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By Tonyaa Weathersbee | Chalkbeat As a Birmingham, Alabama, native, Tondra Loder-Jackson was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. She was especially inspired...

Birmingham Prepares to Celebrate Fred Shuttlesworth’s 100th

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By Ryan Michaels The Birmingham Times Birmingham plans to honor its most prominent civil rights leader, the late Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, this week on the...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Notable Quotes

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By Hannah Hutyra Keepinspiring.me Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. He was a pivotal advocate for African Americans...

Civil Rights Marker Damaged in Birmingham, Here’s Response From BCRI

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bcri.org An Alabama state historical marker named for Bishop Calvin Wallace Woods, Sr., one of Birmingham's greatest civil rights leaders, was intentionally damaged by an...

Edelman: The Birthplace of America’s Student-Led Civil Rights Revolution

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By Marian Wright Edelman As a teenager, many of Barbara Johns’s wildest fantasies were about a surprising subject: a new school. “My imagination would run...

Author T.K. Thorne tells Story of Birmingham’s Unsung Civil Rights Allies

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By Javacia Harris Bowser For The Birmingham Times When you think of the Birmingham Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, certain names immediately come to mind:...

Birmingham’s Catherine Burks-Brooks, on 60th anniversary, Recalls Her Historic Ride for...

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By Michael Sznajderman Alabama Newscenter In her police mugshot taken 60 years ago in Jackson, Mississippi, Catherine Burks-Brooks looks straight into the camera, without fear or...

Inside the Restored Greyhound Bus That Celebrates Freedom Rides

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By Cynthia Silva CNN A restored vintage Greyhound bus was unveiled last month to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rides. The bus, which was in service...

Alabama Attorney Fred Gray Represented Civil Rights Giants, Becoming One

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By Chuck Chandler Alabama Newscenter Few people can say they knew Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks when that internationally celebrated pair were average citizens. Fred D. Gray Sr. can. The...

Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 ‘Freedom Rides’, dies at 83

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The Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer from Alabama who inspired the landmark “Freedom Rides” of 1961, died...