birmingham (ala.)

Examines the history of the civil rights movement and focuses on the Birmingham campaign where King and others demonstrated to the world the power of nonviolent direct action. Discusses the future tasks ahead of them in order to accomplish full equality and includes King's ?Letter from Birmingham Jail? written in April of 1963. Provides an index and black-and-white photographs.

"Examines the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement, including the organizers of the protests, the movement's support from young people, the violence that occurred, and the integration of Birmingham"--Provided by publisher.

Tells the story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a nine-year-old civil rights activist, who marched and was jailed in order to rid Birmingham, Alabama of its segregation laws.

Uses primary source photographs to examine the Birmingham civil rights movement, including the organizers of the protests, the movement's support from young people, the violence that occurred, and the integration of Birmingham. Includes a timeline and further resources.

Documentary about the September 1963 racially-motivated bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, in which four girls, ages nine to fourteen, were killed. Includes archival footage, family photographs and home movies, and interviews with local and national figures of the time and surviving family members.

Examines the history of the civil rights battle fought between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor in the 1950s and 1960s. Explores the lives of both men, Fred a young black preacher and Bull an old white commissioner, utilizing dozens of photographs from the era, FBI files, and archived newspapers detailing the events of the riots that took place in Birmingham, Alabama, incited by these two men.

Provides an account of the events of 1963 when civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., arrived in Birmingham, Alabama, along with other leaders of the movement to protest the city's policies of racial segregation, and made the controversial decision to enlist the help of high school and elementary students in the fight for equality.

Offers a detailed account of the civil rights battle in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, and discusses why those events signaled a turning point in the movement.

Describes the September 1963 bombing of Birmingham's Sixteenth Street Baptist Church by the Ku Klux Klan that left four young girls dead and several injured, the rise of the Klan after the Civil War, and the civil rights movement.