Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2011 LCV Cities Tour” in Birmingham, Alabama, on October 31-November 4 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Bright House Networks local cable affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2.
Lawrence Pijeaux gave a tour as he talked about the history of the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, and the work of the Birming… read more
Lawrence Pijeaux gave a tour as he talked about the history of the civil rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama, and the work of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute to educate the public and to preserve the civil rights history of Birmingham. Laura Anderson displayed some objects from the collection.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2011 LCV Cities Tour” in Birmingham, Alabama, on October 31-November 4 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Bright House Networks local cable affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2. close
People in this video
Hosting Organization
Series
Related Video
-
16th St. Baptist Church
The Reverend Arthur Price talked about the history of the 16th Street Baptist Church. He focused on activities of the ci…
-
Across That Bridge
Representative John Lewis (D-GA) presents lessons he learned as a leader of the civil rights movement. Representative Le…
-
Black Power Movement in the 1960s
Professor Howard Brick of University of Michigan talked about the Black Power Movement in the 1960s. While the Civil Rig…
-
Birmingham Civil Rights Movement Tour
Local high school history teacher Barry McNealy, the youth leadership program coordinator at the Birmingham Civil Rights…