Bryan Stevenson
Equal Justice Initiative
Incarceration issues
Slavery
Stevenson, Bryan
Bryan Stevenson discusses accepting the Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award and his work with the Equal Justice Initiative in the state of Alabama, nationally and internationally.
2012-10-31
video
20121031S
LaVerne Revis Martin
African Americans--Civil rights
Mass Meetings
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
LaVerne Revis Martin discusses her involvement in the Movement with her family. She witnessed bombings, attended mass meetings and demonstrated alongside key figures including Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth.
1996-07-17
video
1960717M
Mary Streeter Perry
Civil rights movements--Alabama—Birmingham.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
African Americans--Politics and government--20th century
Mary E. Streeter Perry discusses growing up in Birmingham, including attending Booker T. Washington Business College, before getting involved with the Movement. She was a part of a sit-in at Woolworth's, voter registration efforts and SNCC. After her involvement in the Movement in Birmingham, she moved to Chicago and became politically active.
1998-01-14
video
19980114P
Annetta Nunn
Birmingham (Ala.). Police Department
African American women
Civil Rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Chief Annetta Nunn discusses her path to becoming the first female chief of the Birmingham Police Department.
2006-12-13
video
20061213N
Annie Pearl Avery
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)--1960-1970.
Freedom Rides, 1961
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Annie Pearl Avery discusses her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement after returning to Birmingham at the age of 14. From trying to join the Freedom Riders to marching on Bloody Sunday, she demonstrated and was arrested in both Alabama and Georgia throughout the 1960s. Annie details her involvement with SNCC and the future of activism.
2014-06-03
video
20140603A
Rodney A. Max
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Attorney Rodney Max discusses his experiences with prejudice on his path to practicing law in Birmingham. He details his work ACMHR, Reverend Abraham Woods and the founding of Camp Birmingham.
2011-07-07
video
20110707M
Louphenia Thomas
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Dixon, Joe
Alabama and Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Louphenia Thomas discusses her experience being the first black woman in the Alabama Legislature and the progression of politics after her term.
1998-06-17
video
19980617T
Alice Wright
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Police-community relations
New Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Alice Wright discusses her work with W. E. Shortridge and the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights.She helped keeps the books and documentation for the Movement.
1995-11-10
video
19951110W
Dr. Elizabeth Fitts
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Dr. Elizabeth Fitts discusses being on the SCLC staff and traveling around the South organizing voter registration. She left college to join the Movement and participated in the Selma march.
1995-07-19
video
19950719F
Janice Kelsey
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008
Young, Andrew, 1932-
Janice Kelsey discusses her experience participating in the Children's Crusade on May 2, 1963. She outlines the effect that her arrest, and the Movement as whole, had on the rest of her life.
2008-03-31
video
20080331K
Lola Hendricks
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Lola Hendricks discusses her time serving as the Corresponding Secretary for the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in Birmingham. She organized communication, meetings and funds. She demonstrated and worked closely with Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth.
1995-01-19
video
19950119H
Amelia Boynton Robinson
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
United States. Department of Agriculture--Officials and employees
Selma (Ala.)
Voter registration
Amelia Boynton Robinson discusses how her activism began while working as a Home Demonstration Agent in Dallas County. She gives a detailed account of Bloody Sunday.
2005-11-19
video
20051119B
Henrietta S. Tripp
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Slavery
Henrietta S. Tripp discusses being the first Black person hired in a clerical position at Birmingham City Hall after growing up in Marion, Alabama. She attended most mass meetings of the Movement, but did not demonstrate.
1998-04-09
video
19980409T
Deenie Drew
Civil rights movements--Alabama—Birmingham
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Deenie Drew discusses leaving New York to work for the Red Cross in Tuskegee. She then moved to Dynamite Hill and joined the movement with her husband, John. They were close family friends with Dr. King.
1995-01-27
video
19950127D
Patricia Powell Berry
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Seward (Neb.)
Lutheran Church
Patricia Powell Berry discusses growing up poor in Birmingham, moving to Nebraska, and ultimately returning to Birmingham. She was heavily involved in voter registration during the Movement.
1997-08-13
video
19970813B
Washington Booker III
Civil rights movements--Alabama—Birmingham
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Alabama Black Liberation Front
Washington Booker III discusses growing up in Loveman's Village, getting involved in the Movement, serving in the Marine Corps and the founding of the Alabama Black Liberation Front.
1995-01-05
video
19950105B
David Vann (1995)
Civil rights movements--Alabama—Birmingham
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011
David Vann discusses the political climate in Birmingham during the Movement including the role of businesses, the influence of the KKK and his time as United States Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black's law clerk.
1995-02-02
video
19950202V
Margaret Askew
Civil rights movements--Alabama—Birmingham
Birmingham (Ala.). Police Department
Adams, Oscar W.
Margaret Askew discusses being involved with the Movement through ACMHR and her church. She encouraged local youth to get involved and she was arrested multiple times.
1994-12-16
video
19941216A
Kathleen Bunton
Civil rights movements--Alabama—Birmingham
Farming
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Voter registration
Kathleen Bunton discusses growing up working the family farm before getting involved with ACMHR, attending mass meetings, and working on voter registration. Her mother was also involved in the Movement and was arrested for her efforts.
1996-09-06
video
19960906BK
Carolyn Cunningham
Civil rights movements--Alabama—Birmingham
Birmingham (Ala.). Board of Education
Southern University and A & M College
Carolyn Cunningham discusses returning to Birmingham and getting involved with the Movement after attending a year of music school in Chicago. She taught in Birmingham as a young woman before serving in the military in New York. She then returned to Birmingham once more to teach.
1996-03-06
video
19960306C