Kelly Ingram Park

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civil rights landmark historic site public park

Kelly Ingram Park is a historic public park in Birmingham, Alabama, known as a central site of civil rights protests and demonstrations during the 1960s.

Aliases (1)

Kelly Ingram Park vicinity ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights landmark → historic site → public park →
associatedWith	Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham → Fred Shuttlesworth → Martin Luther King Jr. → Southern Christian Leadership Conference →
category	African-American history in Birmingham, Alabama → Civil rights movement sites in the United States → Parks in Birmingham, Alabama →
country	United States →
hasFeature	interpretive signs → landscaped green space → memorial plaques → walking paths →
hasHeritageDesignation	Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument (component site) →
hasMonument	Children's Crusade monument → Freedom Walk sculptures → civil rights sculptures → fire hose assault sculpture → police dog attack sculpture → statue of Martin Luther King Jr. →
heritageStatus	site of national civil rights memory →
knownFor	1960s civil rights demonstrations → Children's Crusade of 1963 → Project C (Birmingham Campaign) → fire hoses and police dogs used on protesters → police violence against civil rights demonstrators →
locatedIn	Alabama → American South → Birmingham, Alabama → Jefferson County, Alabama →
locatedInNeighborhood	Birmingham Civil Rights District →
locatedNear	16th Street Baptist Church → Birmingham Civil Rights Institute → Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing site →
namedAfter	Ossian Kelly Ingram →
namedFor	World War I sailor Kelly Ingram →
operator	City of Birmingham →
ownedBy	City of Birmingham →
partOf	Birmingham Civil Rights District → Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument →
significantEvent	Birmingham Campaign (1963) → Children's Crusade (May 1963) → confrontations between protesters and Birmingham police → mass arrests of civil rights demonstrators →
tourismType	civil rights tourism site →
usedFor	civil rights marches → mass meetings → public gatherings → rallies →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
16th Street Baptist Church → Birmingham Civil Rights Institute →	near
A.G. Gaston Motel →	adjacentTo
Alabama →	containsHistoricSite
Birmingham, Alabama →	hasLandmark
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument ("Kelly Ingram Park vicinity") →	includesSite