by Susan | Mar 2, 2020 | Monuments
“When your children shall ask you in time to come, saying, what mean these twelve stones, then you shall tell them how you made it over.” Joshua 4: 21-22 The verse inscribed on this stone monument near the Edmund Pettus Bridge refers the Israelites...
by Susan | Sep 2, 2019 | Monuments
Established on January 12, 2017, one of President Obama’s last acts as president, Freedom Riders National Monument shares stories of people and places that gained national attention in the fight against the injustices of Jim Crow laws and eventually led to...
by Susan | Apr 10, 2017 | Monuments
Once known as West Park, Kelly Ingram sits on a 4-acre lot in the Birmingham Civil Rights District, just across the street from both the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the 16th Street Baptist Church. The Park oftentimes served as a gathering place for...
by Susan | Apr 3, 2017 | Monuments
The Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail winds through downtown, marking significant locations along the 1963 Civil Rights march routes. Designed as a self-guided tour, the route directs visitors along this historic pathway by maps at each location. The trail speaks...
