Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
The Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument is an American national monument in Birmingham and is located in Alabama . It was designated by President Barack Obama by a Presidential Proclamation on January 12, 2017 with an area of 18.25 acres (7.39 hectares ). It is reminiscent of the American civil rights movement . The heart of the National Monument is the former Gaston Motel and the 16th Street Baptist Church . In 1963, the Gaston Motel was the seat of the Birmingham campaign of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference against extreme segregation in Birmingham, led by Martin Luther King , Fred Shuttlesworth and Ralph Abernathy . Over a thousand people were arrested during protests in May 1963. A racially motivated bomb attack occurred on September 15, 1963 at 16th Street Baptist Church, in which four girls were killed. The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is also located within the monument . The Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument is under the administration of the National Park Service . The National Monument is within the 36 acre (15 hectare) Birmingham Civil Rights District designated by the City of Birmingham in 1992 . The motel and the church was as a National Historic Landmark reported and National Register of Historic Places listed
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Coordinates: 33 ° 31 '0.1 " N , 86 ° 48' 53.7" W.