1963 16th street baptist church bombing

September 15th, 1963 started off just like any other Sunday for Barbara Cross with morning Sunday school class down in the basement of 16th Street Baptist…

Actor Jamie Foxx will host a concert next month in Birmingham to help mark the city's role in the civil rights movement. The BBVA Concert for Human Rights…

The city of Birmingham says more than 100 companies, churches and other groups have signed on to sponsor an event coinciding with the 50th anniversary of…

If you'd like to hear more of Alabama Public Radio's award winning work on the civil rights movement, click below. APR's civil rights coverage is…

President Barrack Obama plans to sign a bill Friday that awards the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to the four girls killed in the 1963 bombing of…