Alabama is live on Travelog with one city, Birmingham, home to the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument. There's no fee to walk through Kelly Ingram Park or view the exterior of its historic buildings, including the 16th Street Baptist Church, completed in 1911 and the organizing headquarters for 1963's civil rights demonstrations. The park's sculptures commemorate the documented events of May 1963, when police dogs and fire hoses were turned on demonstrating schoolchildren.
Kelly Ingram Park's sculptures depict documented events from a pivotal week in American civil rights history, worth understanding honestly and respectfully before visiting, covered in full below.
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