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Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a large interpretive museum and research center in Birmingham, Alabama that depicts the struggles of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. The Institute is located in the Civil Rights District, which includes the historic 16th Street Baptist Church, Kelly Ingram Park, Fourth Avenue Business District, and the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame located in the Carver Theatre. The Institute opened in November 1992, and had more than 25,000 visitors during its first week. Wikipedia*

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Birmingham Civil Rights Institute has hosted 8 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1999 Speech. The year with the most events was 2013 with two events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2011 with an average of 5,912 views per video. Most appearances with Arthur Price Jr. (2), Calvin Woods (2), Barry McNealy (2). Most common tags: African Americans, African American History, Civil Rights.

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