Kids in Birmingham 1963

06/16/2026

Can’t wait for this new movie!

05/05/2026

04/16/2026

Thank you, David Sher, for drawing attention to this Comeback Town piece by the recently deceased J. Mason Davis. May he rest in power.

[caption id="attachment_11006" align="alignleft" width="214"] J. Mason Davis[/caption] Editor's note: I don't do this often. But when we lost J. Mason…

04/09/2026

04/06/2026

Easter Sunday 1963

Recollections of an 11 year old
Daddy asked the session of the church to support his stance that the doors remain open to anyone who wanted to worship within.

On Easter Sunday 1963 my best friend, and “blood sister,” Kathy, and I, with a concealed collection of snacks we had bought on our trip to the drugstore between Sunday school and church, headed up to the balcony as usual. Kathy and I did everything together, and we sat wherever we pleased in church since we were almost twelve.

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Integrating the downtown white churches was one strategy of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement. Fifty years ago my father was the minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Birmingham.

04/05/2026

Please join us May 2nd 10am-7pm as we celebrate the 63rd Anniversary of the historic Children’s March. This is a commemoration you don’t want to miss! Spread the word! P.S. Bring your lawn chairs!!

04/05/2026

04/05/2026

Another loss. Thank you, Linda Thacker, for this news.

Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85

Bernard LaFayette, who died Thursday, laid the foundations of the Selma, Alabama, campaign that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act. He was a Freedom Rider and helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

04/05/2026

📣 ATTENTION MIDDLE SCHOOLERS: You're invited to join us for Community of S.T.R.E.A.Mers workshop this month featuring KRU Hip Hop!

Students will learn about movement, music, and storytelling in this hands-on workshop led by teaching artists KRU Hip Hop.

Space is limited, registration is required.

📆 April 11, 2026
⏱️ 12:00pm-2:00pm
📍 Birmingham Civil Rights Institute | Commons
🔗 Register at bcri.org/events

✨ Share this with a middle schooler you know!

04/05/2026