Honoring Foot Soldiers: Birmingham's Civil Rights Legacy

0:00Birmingham Civil Rights Activist Committee is throwing down for the 63rd anniversary of the foot soldiers this Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., in the historic 4th Avenue District. The theme hits hard, honoring the legacy, uniting the neighborhoods, and inspiring the nation. This event spotlights the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement from 1963, zeroing in on the children's march where brave young people. Steped up for justice, and flipped the script on history. Those marches, packed with non-violent fire from leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., James Bevel, and Fred Shuttle's Worth, face down dogs and fire. Hoses from the authorities shaking the city to his core. That pressure cracked open Birmingham's discrimination laws, and kicked off the push for the 1964 Civil Rights Act on the federal level, changing America for good. Take the main stage for Tributes, Music, and Speakers, check booze from all 99 neighborhoods, youth art, and stories, then cap it with a, candlelight tribute, and unity walk pure

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