
Photo: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church / Sean Pavone Photo / iStock
Alabama
Civil Rights Historic District. These six city blocks were integral to the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. At the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, a 1963 bombing by the Ku Klux Klan killed four girls, ushering in the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute chronicles the history of Civil Rights in America through exhibits on black and white life from the late 1800s to today.