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Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

A powerful walk through segregated Birmingham and the marches of 1963, with the jail cell door that held Dr. King, who wrote his famous letter here.

Official Website
Photo: Historic American Buildings Survey · Public domain
Open
Closed Sundays and Mondays; check the website
Price
Paid
Time Needed
2 hours
Address
520 16th St N, Birmingham, AL 35203Google MapsApple Maps
Getting There
Downtown, in the Civil Rights District.

Why Go

It's part of the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, created in 2017. It holds the door of Martin Luther King Jr.'s jail cell.

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