AL HR185

Urges Congress to enact legislation establishing the Birmingham Civil Rights District as a National Historic Park within the National Park System.

Identifies key Civil Rights Movement sites in downtown Birmingham including the A.G. Gaston Motel, Kelly Ingram Park, 16th Street Baptist Church, Bethel Baptist Church, 4th Avenue Historic District, and Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.

Commemorates significant 1960s events including Project C (beginning April 6, 1963), May 1963 protests where 900 Black youth were arrested, violent dispersal of youth protesters in Kelly Ingram Park, and the September 15, 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four children.

Notes the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute opened in 1992 with a 27,000 square foot permanent gallery serving over 140,000 visitors annually to educate about civil rights history and issues of equality and justice.

Directs the Alabama House of Representatives to provide copies of this resolution to the Alabama Congressional delegation for distribution to Congress.