Tag: 1963
Meet the Designers Behind Birmingham’s 1963 Civil Rights Poster Series
By Michael Sznajderman
Alabama News Center
In a modest, windowless office in the basement of Birmingham City Hall, a pair of graphic designers are charting an artistic...
Milestones of the Movement: Closing Out 2023 With a Timeline of...
The Birmingham Times
Many events shaped 1963 into a transformative year for Birmingham. Here are some milestones 60 years later as 2023 comes to a...
UAB’s Dr. Tondra Loder-Jackson and Birmingham’s Schoolhouse Activists
By Sym Posey
The Birmingham Times
As a military child, Tondra Loder-Jackson lived in a number of locales including Hawaii; Texas; and Maryland, but no place...
Inside Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on Sept. 15, 1963
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
A phone rings inside the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. Fifteen-year-old Carolyn Maull lifts up the receiver.
The...
Often Lost to History, Virgil Ware, 14, Was Murdered Same Day...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing was not the only tragedy in Birmingham on Sept. 15, 1963. Four girls --...
“We are still standing to tell God’s message of love and...
-Rev. Arthur Price, pastor Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, The Birmingham Times, Sept. 14.
Ketanji Brown-Jackson to Visit Birmingham, Speak During Church Bombing Memorial
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson will be the keynote speaker in Birmingham on Sept. 15 during a memorial service...
Birmingham’s Angelyn Lyles Reflects on 3 Separate Cancer Battles, City History
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
When doctors told Angelyn Lyles she had cancer 18 years ago, she had no fear.
“I’m not going anywhere until it’s...
Birmingham To Commemorate 60 Years Since Pivotal 1963
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
The city of Birmingham on Wednesday announced yearlong activities to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1963 Civil Rights movement.
Mayor...
Bishop Jim Lowe was 11 at Time of Church Bombng. Here’s...
kidsinbirmingham1963.org
Kids in Birmingham 1963 was created during the 50th anniversary of the “Year of Birmingham,” a turning point in America’s struggle for Civil Rights. This...
