ACMHR

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ACMHR (Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights) was a key civil rights organization in Birmingham, Alabama, that led nonviolent campaigns against racial segregation and discrimination in the mid-20th century.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights organization
nonprofit organization
abbreviation ACMHR
activeIn 1950s
1960s
areaServed Birmingham, Alabama NERFINISHED
Jefferson County, Alabama NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Martin Luther King Jr.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
composition African American church members
clergy
country United States
focus civil rights
desegregation
racial equality
voting rights
foundedAfter NAACP Alabama ban
foundedBy Fred Shuttlesworth
foundedIn Birmingham, Alabama NERFINISHED
fullName Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
goal end segregation in Birmingham
secure equal rights for African Americans
ideology nonviolence
keyPerson Fred Shuttlesworth
leader Fred Shuttlesworth
locatedIn Birmingham, Alabama
method boycotts
legal challenges
mass meetings
nonviolent direct action
movement American civil rights movement
notableFor Christian-based civil rights activism
leading nonviolent campaigns in Birmingham
opposed Jim Crow laws
racial discrimination
racial segregation
organized Birmingham civil rights campaigns
boycotts of segregated facilities in Birmingham
religiousOrientation Christian
state Alabama
timePeriod mid-20th century

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
ACMHR
abbreviation
Project C (Confrontation)
organizer

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