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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 2017
Page
9
President Obama added a Birmingham civil rights district to the National Park Service, elevating blocks of the city to national monument status. The designation covers sites including the Gaston Motel, 16th Street Baptist Church, and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, with grants announced for preservation and tourism.
President Obama designated the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument in Alabama. The site centers the A G Gaston Motel war room where Martin Luther King Jr planned protests in 1963. The $10 million project also links the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and 16th Street Baptist Church as part of the national monument.
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