Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights

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civil rights organization nonprofit organization

The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights was a key civil rights organization in Birmingham, Alabama, that mobilized Black churches and communities in nonviolent protest against racial segregation and discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Label	Occurrences
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights canonical	7

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights organization ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ
activePeriod	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ surface form: Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
focus	desegregation of public facilities ⓘ desegregation of schools ⓘ employment discrimination ⓘ voting rights ⓘ
founded	1956 ⓘ
foundedBy	Fred Shuttlesworth ⓘ
foundedIn	Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
historicalSignificance	played a central role in making Birmingham a focal point of the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
ideology	nonviolence ⓘ racial equality ⓘ social justice ⓘ
influenced	civil rights strategy in Birmingham ⓘ
keyPerson	Fred Shuttlesworth ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Ralph Abernathy ⓘ
legacy	contributed to national civil rights legislation in the 1960s ⓘ
location	Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
membershipBase	African American community in Birmingham ⓘ Black churches ⓘ
method	boycotts ⓘ legal challenges ⓘ marches ⓘ mass meetings ⓘ nonviolent protest ⓘ sit-ins ⓘ
movement	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: Civil Rights Movement
notableEvent	Birmingham campaign ⓘ surface form: Birmingham Campaign of 1963
notableLeader	Fred Shuttlesworth ⓘ
opposed	Jim Crow laws ⓘ segregated public accommodations ⓘ segregated public transportation ⓘ segregated schools ⓘ
organized	Birmingham campaign ⓘ surface form: Birmingham Campaign
originReason	formed after the NAACP was banned in Alabama ⓘ
purpose	to challenge racial segregation ⓘ to oppose racial discrimination ⓘ to secure civil and human rights for African Americans ⓘ
region	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: American South
religiousBase	Black Protestant churches ⓘ
religiousOrientation	Christian ⓘ
state	Alabama ⓘ
usedTactic	economic boycotts of segregated businesses ⓘ mass church-based rallies ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Birmingham campaign → organizedBy → Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights ⓘ

Project C (Confrontation) → organizer → Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights ⓘ

Children's Crusade → organizedBy → Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights ⓘ

subject surface form: Children's Crusade (1963)

Fred Shuttlesworth → founded → Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights ⓘ

ACMHR → fullName → Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights ⓘ

Children's March → organizedBy → Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights ⓘ

Bethel Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama → associatedWith → Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights ⓘ