A Birmingham staple is getting help to preserve its legacy and expand its reach. It’s all made possible by a nonprofit organization. The 16th Street Baptist Church is one of more than 30 ...

The president of the largest Black denomination in the country said he wants to have a meeting with President-elect Donald ...

The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium, Inc. is collaborating with 20 historic churches that ...

In September 1963, a splinter group of the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young black girls attending Sunday school. Activists who were ...

Preservation grant awarded to the historic 16th Street Baptist Church CHECK OUT WVTM:Get the top Birmingham, Alabama news of the day. With live, local coverage and the latest weather, WVTM gives ...

The oldest and largest black religious convention in the country, National Baptist Convention, kicked started its mid-winter ...

The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium hosted a two-day event to teach and empower communities to continue sharing the stories from the civil rights movement.

News Anchor Sherri Jackson interviewed a sister of one of the four girls who was killed in the 1963 16th Street Baptist ...

Hundreds of people visited the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute on Monday to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy ...

The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Consortium is working to expand tourism to historic civil rights churches in Alabama that played a big role in the movement.

Exhibits detail some of the most significant events in Birmingham's history, including the tragic loss of life at the 16th Street Baptist Church during a bombing orchestrated by the Ku Klux Klan.

including the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the 16th Street Baptist Church, Kelly Ingram Park, the A.G. Gaston Gardens and the Fourth Avenue Business District, among other points of interest.