The Birmingham campaign , or Birmingham movement , was a movement Social_event organized Arranging in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ( SCLC ) to bring Bringing attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham , Alabama .

The Birmingham campaign , or Birmingham movement , was a movement Social_event organized Arranging in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ( SCLC ) to bring Bringing attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham , Alabama .

The Birmingham campaign , or Birmingham movement , was a movement Social_event organized Arranging in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ( SCLC ) to bring Bringing attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham , Alabama .

In the early 1960s , Birmingham was one of the most racially divided cities in the United States , both as enforced Action by law and culturally .

Protests in Birmingham began Process_start with a boycott led by Shuttlesworth meant to pressure Convincing business leaders to open Openness employment Employment to people of all races , and end Process_end segregation in public facilities , restaurants , schools , and stores .

Organizer Wyatt Tee Walker joined Connect Birmingham activist Shuttlesworth and began Process_start what they called Project C , a series of sit-ins and marches intended to provoke Causation mass arrests Arrest .

When the campaign Social_event ran low on adult volunteers , James Bevel , SCLC 's Director of Direct Action , thought of the idea of having students become Becoming the main demonstrators in the Birmingham campaign .

This resulted in Causation over a thousand arrests Arrest , and , as the jails and holding Defending areas filled Filling with arrested Arrest students , the Birmingham Police Department , led by Eugene `` Bull '' Connor , used Using high-pressure water hoses and police attack dogs on the children and adult bystanders .

The Birmingham campaign was a model of nonviolent direct action protest Response and , through the media , drew Motion the world 's attention to racial segregation in the South .

It burnished Motion King 's reputation , ousted Change_of_leadership Connor from his job , forced Motion desegregation in Birmingham , and directly paved Motion the way for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prohibited Preventing_or_letting racial discrimination in hiring practices and public services throughout the United States .

London City , Luton , Aberdeen , Bristol , Cardiff , Birmingham and Southampton were also affected Influence .

This was second time in three years the PGA Championship was played Competition near Detroit ; the 1953 event was played Competition at Birmingham Country Club in Birmingham , about northeast .

This was second time in three years the PGA Championship was played Competition near Detroit ; the 1953 event was played Competition at Birmingham Country Club in Birmingham , about northeast .

The Birmingham pub bombings Attack were carried out Action on 21 November 1974 , when bombs exploded Attack in two public houses in Birmingham , England , killing Killing 21 people and injuring Bodily_harm 182 others .

The Birmingham pub bombings Attack were carried out Action on 21 November 1974 , when bombs exploded Attack in two public houses in Birmingham , England , killing Killing 21 people and injuring Bodily_harm 182 others .

The Provisional Irish Republican Army has never officially admitted Reveal_secret responsibility for the Birmingham pub bombings Attack , although a former senior officer of the organisation confessed Reveal_secret to their involvement Participation in 2014 .

The men—who became Becoming known as the Birmingham Six—maintained their innocence and insisted police had coerced Convincing them into signing Sign_agreement false confessions through severe physical and psychological abuse Bodily_harm .

The Birmingham pub bombings Attack were one of the deadliest acts Action of the Troubles , and the deadliest act of terrorism Terrorism to occur Coming_to_be in England between the Second World War Military_operation and the 2005 London bombings Attack .

From 8 to 10 August , other towns and cities in England ( including Birmingham , Leeds , Coventry , Leicester , Derby , Wolverhampton , Northampton , Nottingham , West Bromwich , Bristol , Liverpool , Manchester , Salford and York ) saw what was described by the media as `` copycat violence Violence '' .

Rumours of a hospital being targeted by rioters in Birmingham were also proven Coming_to_believe to be wrong , as were rumours of disturbances Attack in the Heath Town district of Wolverhampton , which had witnessed Know a serious riot Violence in May 1989 .

The express was a Birmingham Pullman service travelling Traveling from Birmingham Snow Hill to London Paddington , having departed at 1pm .

The express was a Birmingham Pullman service travelling Traveling from Birmingham Snow Hill to London Paddington , having departed at 1pm .

One of the drivers killed in the accident was Ernie Morris , one of the first drivers to be certified on the Blue Pullman sets , and who had featured in the 1962 British Transport Film `` Lets Go To Birmingham '' which was a driver 's eye view of the Blue Pullman sets on a run from London Paddington to Birmingham Snow Hill .

One of the drivers killed in the accident was Ernie Morris , one of the first drivers to be certified on the Blue Pullman sets , and who had featured in the 1962 British Transport Film `` Lets Go To Birmingham '' which was a driver 's eye view of the Blue Pullman sets on a run from London Paddington to Birmingham Snow Hill .

The tour visited Traveling Manchester , London , Dublin , Belfast , Cardiff , Glasgow , Sheffield , Birmingham , Newcastle , and Liverpool before returning Motion to Manchester .

On 4 November 2010 , extra shows were announced Expressing_publicly for London , Manchester and Birmingham .

The tour came to a close Process_end in Birmingham , England on 15 December .

The Watch The Throne Tour was a co-headlining concert tour by American rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West that began on October 28 , 2011 in Atlanta and continued until June 22 , 2012 with its final show scheduled in Birmingham .

The 1961 U.S. Open was the 61st U.S. Open , held Hold June 15–17 at the South Course of Oakland Hills Country Club in Birmingham , Michigan , a suburb north of Detroit .

Yasin Hassan Omar was arrested Arrest by police on 27 July , in Birmingham .

The 24th G8 Summit Social_event was held Hold in Birmingham , England , United Kingdom on May 15–17 , 1998 .

The venue for this summit Social_event meeting Communication was the International Convention Centre , Birmingham .

52 people of 18 different nationalities , all of whom were UK residents , were killed Killing , and more than 700 were injured Bodily_harm in the attacks Terrorism , making it Causation Britain 's deadliest terrorist incident Attack since the 1988 bombing Terrorism of Pan Am Flight 103 near Lockerbie , Scotland , and England 's deadliest since the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings Terrorism , as well as the country 's first Islamist suicide attack Terrorism .