“MLK and Shuttlesworth and others came together in Room 30 there, they call it the War Room, to plan the Birmingham Civil ...

Foot soldiers of the civil rights movement describe the ‘Children’s Crusade’ march that took place in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. The march was broken up by police using batons ...

To learn more about Birmingham's role in the civil rights ... demonstrations and confrontations in the 1960s, including the Children's Crusade. You can take a self-led walking tour through the ...

It was the apex of the civil rights movement — fueled mainly by the unimaginable courage of young people, from lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro to the Children’s Crusade in Birmingham to ...