16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Nominated to UNESCO World Heritage List

The Birmingham Times   Birmingham’s historic 16th Street Baptist and Bethel Baptist Churches will be nominated to the UNESCO World Heritage List along with three other Alabama Civil Rights Sites, Rep. Terri Sewell announced on Tuesday. UNESCO, headquartered in Paris, stands for United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. The other Alabama sites designated for potential nomination include: Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama Greyhound Bus Terminal, Anniston, Alabama Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell “As a daughter of Selma and Representative of Alabama’s Civil Rights District, I take very seriously my role as a protector of our rich Civil Rights legacy, which is why I have made it a top priority to secure federal funds and protections for Alabama’s historic civil rights sites,” said Sewell. “I am thrilled that these five locations are moving through the process of becoming UNESCO World Heritage sites. Such a designation, if approved, would ensure that what happened here in Alabama will be a part of world history for generations to come.” “The U.S. sites that mark the civil rights movement are integral in helping us tell a full and complete story of American history,” said Secretary Deb Haaland. “We...