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AL SR68
Resolution
Status
3/22/2016
Primary Sponsor
Rodger Smitherman
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AI Summary
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Urges Congress to enact legislation establishing the Birmingham Civil Rights District as a National Historic Park within the National Park System.
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Identifies key historic sites in the district including the A.G. Gaston Motel, Kelly Ingram Park, 16th Street Baptist Church, Bethel Baptist Church, the 4th Avenue Historic District, and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
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Documents significant Civil Rights Movement events in Birmingham during the 1950s-1960s, including the April 1963 Project C campaign, May 1963 youth protests with police dogs and water cannons, and the September 15, 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four children and injured 22 others.
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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.
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Directs the Alabama Congressional delegation to distribute copies of the resolution to Congress members as indication of state support for establishing the national historic park.
Legislative Description
Birmingham Civil Rights District, urging Congress to establish as a National Historic Park as part of the National Park System
Resolutions, Legislative
Last Action
Introduced and referred to the Senate committee on Rules
3/22/2016