Save the Date 7.28.2023

Birmingham Civil Rights District

Save the Date
7.27.2024
Birmingham Civil Rights District

An Official Event of the
60th Commemoration of the Birmingham Civil Rights Campaign

featuring

Big K.R.I.T.

Jidenna

Isis
M. Jones
Co-Host

Comedian
Lucky Jay
Co-Host

DJ Gap

Translee

DeQn Sue

Dre
Murro

Aretta
Woodruff

Halo
Wheeler

Kelvin
Wooten

A Special Tribute To Commemorate The 60th Anniversary of the Birmingham Civil Rights Campaign

Ruben
Studdard

Kristen
Glover

Sherri
Brown

D Smooth

Jeremy Hill &
Remnant

Terrence
Baldwin

Music Schedule

1:00 PM
Gates Open

3:00 PM
Opening Tribute
60th Commemoration of the Birmingham Civil Rights Campaign

3:30 PM
Dre Murro

4:15 PM
Halo Wheeler

5:00 PM
Translee

6:00 PM
Deqn Sue and Kelvin Wooten

7:00 PM
Aretta Woodruff

8:00 PM
Jidenna

9:00 PM
Big K.R.I.T

* Schedule Subject To Change

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Sessions are free to attend

Wealth & Equity: 60 Years Later

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
10:00 AM

A Conversation That Will Highlight How Generations of Innovators, Entrepreneurs & Community Leaders Have Helped Shift Birmingham’s Black Ecosystem Since The 1963 Birmingham Civil Rights Campaign

Isaac M.
Cooper

CEO
IMC Financial Consulting

Bob
Dickerson

Executive Director,
Birmingham Business Resource Center

1963: 60 Years of Black Resistance

16^th Street Baptist Church
11:15 AM

In 1963, Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth called on the help of civil rights leaders Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Ralph Abernathy to come to Birmingham to lead the Birmingham Campaign for Civil and Human Rights. At the time is was called Project C for ‘Confrontation. During this campaign young people lead the charge and marched in the streets. These young people were attacked, brutalized and jailed—the world was watching.

Mayor Randall
L. Woodfin

City of Birmingham

Denise E.
Gilmore

Senior Director, Division of Social Justice and Racial Equity
City of Birmingham Mayor’s Office

Dr. Andrew
M. Manis

Emeritus Professor of History, Middle Georgia State University

Janice
Kelsey

Civil Rights Activist
Retired Educator

From Civil Rights to Social Justice - The Black Athlete: Then and Now

16^th Street Baptist Church
12:30 PM

Black athletes throughout American history have used their public platforms to advocate for social issues that run in contrast to the opinions of their fanbase and sometimes the organizations they play for. This conversation is an in-depth look at the roles black athletes play and have played off the court and field in social justice, then and now.

Roy S.
Johnson

Columnist/Director of Content Development
Alabama Media Group

Chad
Slade

Former NFL Lineman and Auburn University Athlete

Leonard
Smoot, Jr.

Head Coach
Miles College Golf Team

Ferdinand
Rutledge

Former Negro Southern League player

50 Years Later: The Intersection of Hip-Hop and Social Justice

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
1:45 PM

2023 Celebrates the Golden Anniversary of the transformative genre of Hip Hop. The music whose storied creation and the art form created a sonic boom in cultural expansion while lending a voice to the voiceless of communities of color faced with poverty and violence. Storytelling for generations now became the genre of a generation.