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Kelly Ingram Park, formerly West Park, is a 4 acres (1.6 ha) park located in Birmingham, Alabama. It is bounded by 16th and 17th Streets and 5th and 6th Avenues North in the Birmingham Civil Rights District.
Jun 24, 2021 · Kelly Ingram Park (historically known as West Park), was an assembly point for participants in the SCLC's Project "C," (for Confrontation)--sit-ins, boycotts, marches, and jailings designed to end segregation in Birmingham.
Kelly Ingram Park is an improved public park that contains emotionally powerful sculptures depicting the civil rights struggle in Birmingham. The park served as an assembly spot for activities of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and other groups in the movement.
Feb 4, 2019 · Located just across the street from the 16th Street Baptist Church, Kelly Ingram Park served as a central location for the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham. Today the park is part of the city’s efforts to remember the Civil Rights Movement of Birmingham.
This is a nice free park to visit commemorating the Civil Rights era. The statues are thought provoking and truly make one think as they walk through. The statue of the dogs and the water cannons are eye opening and can ignite a lot of conversations. The self guided tour is nice and uses a smart phone to provide info.
Birmingham’s historic Kelly Ingram Park, site of civil rights rallies, demonstrations and confrontations in the 1960s, now offers visitors a guided audio tour through their mobile phones. In the early 1960s, Kelly Ingram Park became the epicenter of the nation’s Civil Rights Movement.
Aligned with the city’s grid at a northwest-southeast orientation, this square, four-acre park was one of three platted by surveyor William Barker in the city’s 1871 plan. Originally known as West Park, the name was changed in 1932 to honor the first American sailor killed in World War I.
