wgbh_tdcr_032 032 tdcr wgbh yes Eileen Kelley Walbert Women civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham Women, White--Alabama--Birmingham Civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham African Americans--Social conditions African Americans--Segregation African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham Civil rights movements--Alabama Suffrage--Alabama--Birmingham Equality--Alabama--Birmingham Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham Alabama--Race relations Minorities--Education African Americans--Violence against Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Alabama Selma-Montgomery Rights March, 1965 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Concerned White Citizens of Alabama Birmingham Council on Human Relations Walbert, Eileen Kelly Aaron, Judge Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011 In the 1960s, Birmingham, Alabama's strict segregation laws, and violence against blacks, inspired whites like Eileen Walbert, shown in this interview, to form the Concerned White Citizens of Alabama. Walbert and other sympathetic whites participated in demonstrations for racial equality. Like many civil rights activists, they too suffered reprisals. Includes a background essay, discussion questions, and alignments to teaching standards. A transcript of the Quicktime movie is available. Major funding for this project is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Supported in part by a grant from the Open Society Institute. Grade range: 6-12. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Educational Foundation Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Teacher's Domain Civil Rights Special Collection WGBH Educational Foundation Walbert, Eileen Kelly 2002/2008 Instructional materials Teaching guides Resource units Oral histories Moving images Interviews Transcripts http://www.teachersdomain.org/resources/iml04/soc/ush/civil/walbert/ text/html text/pdf video/quicktime 5.9 Mb ca. 5m 59s Forms part of: Teacher's Domain Civil Right Special Collection. A PDF viewer may be needed to view the transcript. 1960/1965 Birmingham (Ala.) Jefferson County (Ala.) The Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Collection is a collaborative production of WGBH Education Productions, the WGBH Media Library, and WGBH Interactive, in partnership with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and Washington University in St. Louis. ©Birmingham Civil Rights Institute 20120131 163236