7.29.2023
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
Cooper
CEO, IMC Financial Consulting
Bob
Dickerson
Executive Director, Birmingham Business Resource Center
1963: 60 Years of Black Resistance
16th 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
16th 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.
Ed Bowser
(moderator)
Deputy Director of Communications
City of Birmingham Mayor’s Office
Patrick
Johnson
Co-Founder
Red Light District
Laurence
Salvary
Podcaster and
Hip Hop Enthusiast
DJ Rahdu
Mahdi
Editor-In-Chief
Bama Love Soul