69th Observance of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights

Hilton Birmingham Downtown at UAB

808 20th Street South, 35205, Birmingham, AL, United States

Old Sardis Baptist Church

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On June 1, 1956 Alabama Attorney General John W. Patterson sued the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) using an outdates law requiring the registration of the organization and its members. This action forced the civil rights group of the state of Alabama, leaving us without a significant civil rights organization to lead Alabama in the fight for freedom.Responding to this need, Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and Pastor Robert Alford of Old Sardis Baptist Church held a mass meeting at Old Sardis Baptist Church on June 5, 1956 to create the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR). Standing in the gap left by the outlawing of the NAACP, the ACMHR was vital to the continued advancement of civil rights in Birmingham, the state of Alabama, and the nation.Old Sardis Baptist Church has stood for 110 years, still working to preserve our historic building and the stories of resilience, courage, and perseverance held not only in the walls but in the community that continues the legacy of the Civil Rights Foot Soldiers.