BCRI History and Mission


Understanding the meaning of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the Movement that inspired its development requires recalling the early history of the city. 

Essay by Founding Board President Odessa Woolfolk.

The way of life challenged by the Movement was set in place by Birmingham's incorporators and early settlers.
BCRI chronicles that Movement. >>


Local leaders tapped for early Board of Directors
An early fifteen-member Board, established by the City of Birmingham in 1990, was expanded in 1992 to include ten more local community leaders and movement veterans. >>

 

1977 - 1992
Key people and events leading to the development of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute are broken down in a brief         

History & Mission Timeline. >>
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