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Passionate for the Cause

The attack on this pastor’s home was meant to kill him.  Instead, it inspired him.  In fact, those who wanted him to be quiet were…

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A Surprise in Law Enforcement

In 1963 this city’s police force brutally attacked Gwen Webb.  Just over a decade later, she was a member of that law enforcement group.  But…

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Jailed for Participating in Civil Rights

In May of 1963 hundreds of Birmingham school students were jailed for participating in Civil Rights marches.  There were so many kids that had been…

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Children on the March in Birmingham

The images from Birmingham were difficult to watch.  Kids under the age of 18 where being knocked off their feet by water cannons and attacked…

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A Pivotol Moment in Civil Rights

Gwen Webb was a high school student in one of Birmingham, Alabama’s segregated public schools.  In early May 1963 she was ready to participate in…

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The Effort to Change

It is said that in the early 1960s, there was no large city more racially segregated that Birmingham, Alabama.  It was the city in which…

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