The Birmingham Civil Rights District is an area of downtown Birmingham, Alabama where several significant events in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s took place. The district was designated by the City of Birmingham in 1992 and covers a six-block area.[2]
Birmingham Civil Rights Historic District | |
16th Street Baptist Church, as seen from Kelly Ingram Park. A statue of Martin Luther King Jr. faces the church.
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| Location | Roughly bounded 9th Ave., Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd., 1st Ave. and 14th St., Birmingham, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 33°30′58″N 86°48′54″W / 33.51611°N 86.81500°W / 33.51611; -86.81500 |
| Area | 36 acres (15 ha) |
| Built | 1963 |
| Architect | Turner, Smith & Baston; et al. |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Gothic Revival |
| MPS | Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000940[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 19, 2006 |
Landmarks in the district include:
On March 21, 2016, Rep. Terri Sewell introduced to the United States House of Representatives H.R. 4817, a bill that would designate the Birmingham Civil Rights District as a National Historical Park. On March 28, 2016, the bill was referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.[3] However, a portion of the district was designated by executive order by President Obama as the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument on January 12, 2017.[4][5]