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Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Birmingham, United States of America

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a comprehensive museum and educational center in Birmingham, Alabama, that depicts the events and actions of the 1963 Birmingham campaign, its Children's Crusade, and others of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. The Institute is located in the Civi

l Rights District, which includes the historic 16th Street Baptist Church, Kelly Ingram Park, Fourth Avenue Business District, and the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame located in the Carver Theatre. The Institute opened in November 1992, and had more than 25,000 visitors during its first week.

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