March 22, 2016

Lawmaker seeks national park designation for Birmingham site

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Parts of downtown Birmingham that saw some of the most significant, dramatic and tragic events of the U.S. civil rights movement would become part of the National Park system under a proposal introduced by an Alabama congresswoman.

The area includes the site of a 1963 church ...

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