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Clear All Subject Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights State Alabama Topics Government & Politics

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Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Oral History Project Collection

Description:: In 1995, Dr. Horace Huntley started the Oral History Project at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute to collect the stories of individuals involved in the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Birmingham, Alabama.
Date of Original:: 1995/2012
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham, Ala.)

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Oral histories

Description:: This collection includes transcriptions of interviews about Birmingham events and personalities.
Date of Original:: 1889/1995
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)