Birmingham Civil Rights District, Civil rights district in downtown Birmingham, United States.

The district spans six blocks in downtown Birmingham and contains buildings closely tied to events of the 1960s. Here you will find the civil rights institute, the 16th Street Baptist Church, and several other sites dedicated to that struggle.

The district was designated by the City of Birmingham in 1992 and covers six blocks of downtown. Its landmarks predate that designation: the 16th Street Baptist Church, where the 1963 Children's Crusade marchers were trained by SCLC activist James Bevel, was bombed on September 15, 1963, killing four girls and injuring 22 churchgoers. In 2016 Rep. Terri Sewell introduced H.R. 4817 to make the district a National Historical Park; instead, part of it became the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument by executive order on January 12, 2017.

The name Fourth Avenue comes from the street itself, where Black-owned banks, shops and offices clustered for decades. A. G. Gaston's Booker T. Washington Insurance Co. and the Gaston Motel, a base for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights in the early 1960s, still stand. The Carver Theatre, a former movie house for Black audiences, now stages live shows and holds the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.

The best starting point is Kelly Ingram Park, from where walks extend throughout the district. Most sites are easy to reach on foot and the route is flat and manageable.

The park holds metal sculptures of police dogs and water cannons that were once used against demonstrators. These artworks allow visitors to grasp the violence of that time visually.