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A.G. Gaston Gardens [Birmingham]
Formerly the A.G. Gaston Motel,facility provided Birmingham's only first-class lodging for African-Americans and served as gathering place for civil rights leaders in the 1960s.
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Alabama Civil Rights Freedom Farm Museum [Mantua]
Shotgun houses depicting black life from the 1930s–1960s. Named for Civil Rights pioneers, including Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy.
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Alabama Department of Archives & History [Montgomery]
Oldest state-funded archives in U.S. Private historical records and family genealogy. Alabama history museum exhibits include: Alabama Indian, 19th-century, military and Civil Rights, Grandma's Attic for children.
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Alabama State Capitol [Montgomery]
Experience 150 years of history, art, architecture. Restored chambers: Civil War-era appearance, majestic rotunda. Gift shop.
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Birmingham Civil Rights Institute [Birmingham]
This museum experience is a self-directed journey through the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s on to the human rights struggles of today.
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Brown Chapel AME Church [Selma]
1st AME church in state (1866). Headquarters during Voting Rights movement. Starting point for Selma-to-Montgomery marchers; All-American Road begins here.
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Butler Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church [Tuskegee]
Located in the Zion Hill neighborhood, church was focal point for a multi-year grass-roots project that united and empowered African Americans to fight for the right to vote.
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Civil Rights District [Birmingham]
The scene of violent struggles during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, the district includes the Civil Rights Institute, Kelly Ingram Park and the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.
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Civil Rights Memorial [Montgomery]
Water flows over names of those killed during Civil Rights Movement. Wall with Book of Amos excerpt quoted in Martin Luther King, Jr. speech.
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Civil Rights Memorial Center [Montgomery]
The Civil Righs Memorial Center allows visitors to deepen their understanding of the Movement, the sacrifices of that time and the challenges that lie ahead.
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