Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights

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The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights was a key civil rights organization in Birmingham, Alabama, that mobilized Black churches and communities in nonviolent protest against racial segregation and discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights canonical 7

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instanceOf civil rights organization
nonprofit organization
activePeriod 1950s
1960s
collaboratedWith Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
country United States
focus desegregation of public facilities
desegregation of schools
employment discrimination
voting rights
founded 1956
foundedBy Fred Shuttlesworth
foundedIn Birmingham, Alabama
historicalSignificance played a central role in making Birmingham a focal point of the Civil Rights Movement
ideology nonviolence
racial equality
social justice
influenced civil rights strategy in Birmingham
keyPerson Fred Shuttlesworth
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ralph Abernathy
legacy contributed to national civil rights legislation in the 1960s
location Birmingham, Alabama
membershipBase African American community in Birmingham
Black churches
method boycotts
legal challenges
marches
mass meetings
nonviolent protest
sit-ins
movement Civil Rights Movement
notableEvent Birmingham Campaign of 1963
linked to: Birmingham campaign
notableLeader Fred Shuttlesworth
opposed Jim Crow laws
segregated public accommodations
segregated public transportation
segregated schools
organized Birmingham Campaign
linked to: Birmingham campaign
originReason formed after the NAACP was banned in Alabama
purpose to challenge racial segregation
to oppose racial discrimination
to secure civil and human rights for African Americans
region American South
religiousBase Black Protestant churches
religiousOrientation Christian
state Alabama
usedTactic economic boycotts of segregated businesses
mass church-based rallies

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Birmingham campaign organizedBy Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Project C (Confrontation) organizer Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Children's Crusade (1963) organizedBy Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
subject linked to: Children's Crusade
Fred Shuttlesworth founded Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
ACMHR fullName Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Children's March organizedBy Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Bethel Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama associatedWith Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights