Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument

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historic site national monument protected area

Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument is a protected historic area in Birmingham, Alabama, that commemorates key sites and events of the American civil rights movement of the 1960s.

Aliases (3)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic site → national monument → protected area →
administeredBy	U.S. Department of the Interior →
associatedWithEvent	1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing → 1963 Birmingham campaign → 1963 Birmingham children’s crusade → Project C (Birmingham Campaign) →
associatedWithMovement	civil rights movement in the United States →
category	African-American history in Birmingham, Alabama → Civil rights movement museums and memorials → National Monuments of the United States → Protected areas established in 2017 →
country	United States →
createdBy	presidential proclamation →
dateEstablished	2017-01-12 →
designationReason	national significance in civil rights history →
establishedBy	Barack Obama →
establishedInYear	2017 →
governingBody	National Park Service →
hasCoordinateRegion	Downtown Birmingham →
hasLegalStatus	federally protected area →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.nps.gov/bicr/index.htm →
hasTheme	African American history → American civil rights movement → human rights → racial desegregation →
includesSite	16th Street Baptist Church → A.G. Gaston Motel → Kelly Ingram Park vicinity →
locatedIn	Alabama → Birmingham, Alabama → Jefferson County, Alabama →
namedAfter	Birmingham civil rights movement →
nearestCity	Birmingham, Alabama →
partOf	United States National Park System →
purpose	to honor participants in the civil rights movement → to preserve and interpret civil rights history in Birmingham →
region	American South → Deep South →
significance	commemorates struggle against racial segregation → preserves key civil rights movement sites →
timePeriodCovered	1960s → Civil Rights Movement era →
visitorActivities	education → heritage tourism → historic interpretation →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
16th Street Baptist Church → A.G. Gaston Motel → Birmingham Civil Rights Institute → Kelly Ingram Park → Kelly Ingram Park ("Birmingham Civil Rights District") →	partOf
Alabama →	containsHistoricSite
Alabama →	containsNationalParkSite
Kelly Ingram Park ("Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument (component site)") →	hasHeritageDesignation
A.G. Gaston Motel →	heritageDesignation
A.G. Gaston Motel ("Birmingham Civil Rights District") →	locatedIn
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute ("Birmingham Civil Rights District") →	locatedInDistrict
Kelly Ingram Park ("Birmingham Civil Rights District") →	locatedInNeighborhood
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute ("Civil Rights District, Birmingham") →	neighborhood