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'''1963''' is the 92nd year after the founding of the City of [[Birmingham]].
'''1963''' is the 92nd year after the founding of the City of [[Birmingham]].
==Events==
* The first railroad cars in the collection of the [[Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum]] were put on display at the
site of the future [[Railroad Reservation Park]].
* [[Homewood]] bought the land for [[Spring Park]].
* [[Edgewood Hardware]] opened.
* [[Pilgrim Congregational Church]] established a day school.
* [[Fob James]] founded Diversified Products Inc.
===Civil Rights Movement===
{{main|Civil Rights movement}}
* April-May: The [[Birmingham campaign]] of peaceful protest was carried out in downtown Birmingham.
* [[April 12]]: [[Martin Luther King, Jr]] was arrested for parading without a permit.
* [[May 2]]: The [[Children's Crusade]] began.
* [[June 11]]: Governor [[George Wallace]] made his "stand in the schoolhouse door" to prevent integration of the [[University of Alabama]].
* [[September 10]]: [[Birmingham City Schools]] were integrated by National Guardsmen under orders from President Kennedy.
* [[September 15]]: [[16th Street Baptist Church]] was [[1963 church bombing|bombed]] in an act of terror. (See also [[Bombingham#1963]])


==Government==
==Government==
*[[Art Hanes]] was succeeded by [[Albert Boutwell]] as [[Mayor of Birmingham|mayor]].
* April: The [[Mayor-Council Act]] instituted a new form of government for Birmingham and the first [[Birmingham City Council]] was elected.
* The [[9th Congressional District of Alabama]] was eliminated, with [[George Huddleston, Jr]] serving the last term as representative.
* The [[Regional Planning Commission]] was created.


==Events==
===Sports===
*[[16th Street Baptist Church]] [[1963 church bombing|bombing]]
* [[January 1]]: The [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama Crimson Tide]] beat Oklahoma 17-0 in the Orange Bowl.
*[[Birmingham campaign]]
* The [[Birmingham Black Barons]] played their final season.
* [[1963 Birmingham Barons]]
* [[1963 Birmingham Steeldogs]] 
* [[Auburn Tigers football|Auburn]] won the [[1963 Iron Bowl]].
* [[Tommie Reynolds]] began his Major League career with the Kansas City Athletics.
* [[Billy Joe]] earned AFL Rookie of the Year honors with the Denver Broncos.


==Works==
==Works==
*[[January 16]]: [[An Appeal for Law and Order and Common Sense]]
* [[January 16]]: [[An Appeal for Law and Order and Common Sense]]
*[[April 12]]: [[A Call For Unity]]
* [[April 12]]: [[A Call For Unity]]
*[[April 16]]: [[Letter from Birmingham Jail]]
* [[April 16]]: [[Letter from Birmingham Jail]]
 
* [[Hal Lynch]] starred in the Broadway production of ''Spoon River Anthology''
==Sports==


===Music===
* ''Angels and Demons at Play'', [[Sun Ra]] and his Myth Science Arkestra
* ''When Sun Comes Out'', Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra


==Buildings==
===Buildings===
* [[Hueytown City Hall]]
* [[3349 Brookwood Road]]
* [[3349 Brookwood Road]]
* [[University Place Apartments|Guest House Motor Inn]]
* [[University Place Apartments|Guest House Motor Inn]] (now [[University Place Apartments]])
* [[Fritz Woehle residence]]
* [[Fritz Woehle residence]]
* [[Milo's Hamburgers]] second location on [[10th Avenue North]]
* A large, electrically-lit cross was mounted to the tower of [[Third Presbyterian Church]]
* New classrooms at [[Minor High School]]
==People==
===Births===
* [[February 17]]: [[Michael Jordan]], basketball legend and one-time [[Birmingham Barons|Birmingham Baron]]
* [[February 20]]: [[Charles Barkley]]
* [[May 16]]: [[Jon Coffelt]], artist
* [[September 5]]: [[Jeff Brantley]], baseball player
* [[September 8]]: [[David Lee Smith]], actor
* [[October 24]]: [[Joe DeCamillis]], artist
* [[November 6]]: [[A. C. Roper]], Birmingham police chief
* [[Brett Blackledge]], reporter
* [[Bret Bradford]], sculptor
* [[John Hallum]], actor
* [[Artis Murphy]], literacy advocate
* [[Jennifer Trammell]], civic leader
===Offices===
* [[January 14]]: [[George Wallace]] succeeded [[John Patterson]] as [[Governor of Alabama]]
* [[Albert Boutwell]] succeeded [[Art Hanes]] as [[Mayor of Birmingham]].
* [[Mel Bailey]] succeeded [[Holt McDowell]] as [[Jefferson County Sheriff]]
* [[Howard M. Phillips]] succeeded [[Henry King Stanford]] as President of [[Birmingham-Southern College]]
* [[Clarke Stallworth]] became city editor for the ''[[Birmingham Post-Herald]]''.
* [[John Grenier]] became chair of the Alabama Republican Party.
* [[Patrick Sullivan]] was assigned to priestly duties in North Alabama.


==Births==
===Awards===
*[[February 17]]: [[Michael Jordan]]
* [[Miss Alabama]]: [[Judy Short]]
*[[February 20]]: [[Charles Barkley]]
* [[Mr Crestwood]]: [[Joe Weeks]]
*[[May 16]]: [[Jon Coffelt]]
*[[September 5]]: [[Jeff Brantley]]
*[[October 24]]: [[Joe DeCamillis]]
*[[November 6]]: [[A. C. Roper]]
*[[Brett Blackledge]]
*[[Bret Bradford]]
*[[John Hallum]]


==Deaths==
===Deaths===
*[[September 15]]:  [[Addie Mae Collins]], [[Denise McNair]], [[Carole Robertson]], and [[Cynthia Wesley]] died in the [[1963 church bombing|bombing]] of the [[16th Street Baptist Church]].  Teenagers [[Johnnie Robinson]] and [[Virgil Ware]] were killed during riots and protests in the bombing's aftermath.
* [[September 15]]:  [[Addie Mae Collins]], [[Denise McNair]], [[Carole Robertson]], and [[Cynthia Wesley]] died in the [[1963 church bombing|bombing]] of the [[16th Street Baptist Church]].  Teenagers [[Johnnie Robinson]] and [[Virgil Ware]] were killed during riots and protests in the bombing's aftermath.
* [[December 14]]: [[Dinah Washington]], blues singer


:''See also [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1963]]''
:''See also [[List of Birmingham homicides in 1963]]''
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While imprisoned for having taken part in a nonviolent protest, Dr. King wrote the now famous [[Letter from Birmingham Jail]], a defining treatise in his cause against segregation. Birmingham is also known for a bombing which occurred later that year, in which four black girls were killed by a bomb planted at the [[16th Street Baptist Church]]. The event would inspire the African-American poet Dudley Randall's opus, [[The Ballad of Birmingham]], as well as jazz musician [[John Coltrane]]'s song, "Alabama."
While imprisoned for having taken part in a nonviolent protest, Dr. King wrote the now famous [[Letter from Birmingham Jail]], a defining treatise in his cause against segregation. Birmingham is also known for a bombing which occurred later that year, in which four black girls were killed by a bomb planted at the [[16th Street Baptist Church]]. The event would inspire the African-American poet Dudley Randall's opus, [[The Ballad of Birmingham]], as well as jazz musician [[John Coltrane]]'s song, "Alabama."
==See Also==
* [[1963 Birmingham Barons]]
* [[1963 Birmingham Steeldogs]] 
* [[1963 Iron Bowl]]


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Revision as of 23:44, 19 February 2008

1963 is the 92nd year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

site of the future Railroad Reservation Park.

Civil Rights Movement

Main article: Civil Rights movement

Government

Sports

Works

Music

  • Angels and Demons at Play, Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra
  • When Sun Comes Out, Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra

Buildings

People

Births

Offices

Awards

Deaths

See also List of Birmingham homicides in 1963

Context

A watershed in the civil rights movement occurred in 1963 when Birmingham Civil Rights Movement leader Fred Shuttlesworth requested that Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) come to Birmingham to help end segregation. Together they launched "Project C" (for "Confrontation"), a massive assault on the Jim Crow system. During April and May daily sit-ins and mass marches were met with police repression, tear gas, attack dogs, and arrests. More than 3,000 people were arrested during these protests, many of the children. These protests were ultimately successful, leading not only to desegregation of public accommodations in Birmingham but also the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

While imprisoned for having taken part in a nonviolent protest, Dr. King wrote the now famous Letter from Birmingham Jail, a defining treatise in his cause against segregation. Birmingham is also known for a bombing which occurred later that year, in which four black girls were killed by a bomb planted at the 16th Street Baptist Church. The event would inspire the African-American poet Dudley Randall's opus, The Ballad of Birmingham, as well as jazz musician John Coltrane's song, "Alabama."

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