Artist james drake s 1991 work depicts snarling police dogs made of scrap iron leaping inward from two walls on either side of the park s walkway. This sculpture is one of several interactive monuments in kelly ingram park north of the baptist church where a kkk bomb killed four young african american girls in 1963. Alabama al south jefferson county birmingham city metropolitan state capital kelly ingram park foot soldiers statue public art memorial bl aa9x28 from alamy s library of millions of high resolution stock photos illustrations and vectors.
Download this stock image. America s second revolution was a struggle for human rights and simple decency. In the early 1960s kelly ingram park became the epicenter of the nation s civil rights movement.
Birmingham s historic kelly ingram park site of civil rights rallies demonstrations and confrontations in the 1960s now offers visitors a guided audio tour through their mobile phones. This park needs a tour on its own to be familiar with the works of art that abound. There are many sculptures sprinkled through the park and these tell the story of the fight for equality.
It is time to rename this park. The story of kelly ingram is one of valor and camaraderie but it does not relate to the civil rights movement at all. In response to a sighting of multiple nooses hanging from trees.
Rodarius mauldin says north precinct officers responded to the park around 10 27 a m. The birmingham police department is investigating multiple nooses reported hanging in kelly ingram park monday morning. View all restaurants near kelly ingram park on tripadvisor.
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The park just outside the doors of the sixteenth street baptist church served as a central staging ground for large scale demonstrations during the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
Kelly ingram park sculptures. Kelly ingram park formerly west park is a 4 acres 1 6 ha park located in birmingham alabama it is bounded by 16th and 17th streets and 5th and 6th avenues north in the birmingham civil rights district the park just outside the doors of the 16th street baptist church served as a central staging ground for large scale demonstrations during the american civil rights movement of the 1960s. Kelly ingram park is an improved public park that contains emotionally powerful sculptures depicting the civil rights struggle in birmingham. The park served as an assembly spot for activities of the southern christian leadership conference and other groups in the movement. Kelly ingram park is a four acre park located on block 44 in between 16th and 17th streets and 5th and 6th avenue north in the birmingham s civil rights district.
Kelly ingram park is a four acre park located on block 44 in between 16th and 17th streets and 5th and 6th avenue north in the birmingham s civil rights district. The park served as an assembly spot for activities of the southern christian leadership conference and other groups in the movement. Kelly ingram park is an improved public park that contains emotionally powerful sculptures depicting the civil rights struggle in birmingham.
Kelly ingram park formerly west park is a 4 acres 1 6 ha park located in birmingham alabama it is bounded by 16th and 17th streets and 5th and 6th avenues north in the birmingham civil rights district the park just outside the doors of the 16th street baptist church served as a central staging ground for large scale demonstrations during the american civil rights movement of the 1960s.
