Historical place archive

Birmingham in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Birmingham in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

15 records11 event labels10 people1954–2006

Historical events in Birmingham

1954

14 November 1954
Birth of Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice · Republican Party

Birth of Condoleezza Rice in Birmingham, Alabama.

1961

1 July 1961
Birth of Frederick Carlton Carl Lewis
Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis · Athletics

Birth of Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis.

1963

3 April 1963
Birmingham Campaign Begins
Martin Luther King · Civil Rights

King helps launch coordinated demonstrations against segregation in Birmingham.

3 April 1963
Birmingham Campaign Organisation
Fred Shuttlesworth · Civil Rights

Shuttlesworth coordinates local activists with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

3 April 1963
Project C
Martin Luther King · Civil Rights

King and Southern Christian Leadership Conference organisers begin Project C in Birmingham.

12 April 1963
Arrest during Birmingham Campaign
Martin Luther King · Civil Rights

Police arrest King for participating in nonviolent demonstrations without a permit.

16 April 1963
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King · Civil Rights

King completes his defence of nonviolent direct action while imprisoned in Birmingham.

16 April 1963
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King · Civil Rights

Writes Letter from Birmingham Jail, defending nonviolent civil disobedience against unjust laws.

May 1963
Birmingham Truce Negotiations
Martin Luther King · Civil Rights

King supports negotiations that produce commitments to desegregate Birmingham businesses.

3 May 1963
Police Repression
Eugene Connor · Civil Rights

Connor orders police dogs and high-pressure hoses used against young demonstrators.

15 September 1963
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
Addie Mae Collins · Civil Rights

Is killed in the racist bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church.

15 September 1963
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
Carole Robertson · Civil Rights

Is killed in the Birmingham church bombing.

15 September 1963
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
Cynthia Wesley · Civil Rights

Is killed in the Birmingham church bombing. This record concerns Cynthia Wesley and 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing.

15 September 1963
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
Denise McNair · Civil Rights

Is killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.

2006

August 2006
Aston Villa Takeover
Randy Lerner · Football

Lerner acquires control of Aston Villa from the shareholder group led by Doug Ellis.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Birmingham. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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