Birmingham, Alabama
Justice on the Streets of Birmingham, 1963
This week marks 50 years since the Children’s Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama. On May 2, 1963, more than a thousand African-American children gathered in downtown Birmingham to peacefully protest segregation. Then a teenager, Janice W. Kelsey remembers the Southern Christian Leadership Conference meetings that opened her eyes to the realities of the Jim Crow South. […]
