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Birmingham, Alabama is widely known as the city that anchored the success of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. That sentiment was solidified on January 12th, 2017 when President Obama in his last days in office signed a proclamation that created the Birmingham Civil Rights Monument that will be run in perpetuity by the National Parks Service. The designation includes several key locations during the movement, including the A.G. Gaston Motel, the headquarters for Martin Luther King Jr., and the 16th street Baptist Church where four little girls were killed during the height of racial tension in the city.

Black America host, Carol Jenkins, also the niece of A.G. Gaston, tells the story of Birmingham then, the way forward for the city, and how her family’s contribution to the rich history of Alabama.

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