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2. Freedom Riders - Wikipedia

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   The Birmingham, Alabama, Police Commissioner, Bull Connor, together with Police Sergeant Tom Cook (an avid Ku Klux Klan supporter), organized violence against the Freedom Riders with local Klan chapters. The pair made plans to bring the Ride to an end in Alabama.

3. Shiloh Baptist Church stampede - Wikipedia

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   Shiloh Baptist Church, 1902. On September 19, 1902, a stampede occurred at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, resulting in the deaths of 115 people.At the time of the crush, 3,000 people were gathered to hear Booker T. Washington address the National Convention of Negro Baptists.

4. Fred Shuttlesworth - Wikipedia

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   Born to an African American family in Mount Meigs, Alabama on March 18, 1922, [2] Shuttlesworth became pastor of the Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham in 1953 and was Membership Chairman of the Alabama state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1956, when the State of Alabama formally outlawed it from operating within the state.

5. Birmingham station (Alabama) - Wikipedia

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   Birmingham station is a train station in Birmingham, Alabama. It is a service stop for Amtrak 's Crescent , which provides daily service between New York City , Atlanta , and New Orleans . The current station is located on the site of another station originally built by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1960, although Amtrak did not use ...

6. Kelly Ingram Park - Wikipedia

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   Kelly Ingram Park, formerly West Park, [2] is a 4 acres (1.6 ha) park located in Birmingham, Alabama.It is bounded by 16th and 17th Streets and 5th and 6th Avenues North in the Birmingham Civil Rights District.

7. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency - Wikipedia

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   The creation of ALEA was proposed by Senator Del Marsh and others in Senate Bill 108 (SB108) during the 2013 regular session of the Alabama Legislature. [7] The bill passed both houses and was signed by then Governor Robert Bentley on 19 March 2013 as Act 2013-67 and codified in the Code of Alabama 1975, Title 41 - State Government, Chapter 27 - Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency.

8. 2021 Birmingham, Alabama, mayoral election - Wikipedia

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   The 2021 Birmingham mayoral election was held on August 24, 2021, to elect the mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. Incumbent Democratic mayor Randall Woodfin was re-elected to a second term. [ 1 ]

9. Brookside, Alabama - Wikipedia

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   In 2022, an investigative report by John Archibald of AL.com (the website of The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times, and the Press-Register of Mobile) uncovered a surge in Brookside Police's aggressive and arbitrary ticketing of motorists passing through the city. [5]