“Located in Birmingham’s Civil Rights District, the approximately 13,000-square-foot 16th Street Education and Visitor Center will expand the visitor experience surrounding one of the nation’s most significant civil rights landmarks through education, arts, community programming and opportunities for reflection.”
Beside Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church, where a 1963 bombing killed four girls, a new center prepares to open. The 16th Street Education and Visitor Center turns civil rights history into present-day action, asking every visitor one question: What will you do with history?
The 16th Street Education and Visitor Center opens Sept. 15 — the anniversary of the bombing — turning a site of loss into a call for present-day action.…