Birmingham, Alabama: Racist Dogs Sculpture
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Kelly Ingram Park
- Address:
- 520 16th St. N., Birmingham, AL
- Directions:
- In Kelly Ingram Park across from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. 16th Street N to 17th Street N and Fifth Ave N to Sixth Ave N.
- Phone:
- 205-328-9696
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In a park across from the Civil Rights Institute, snarling police dogs leap inward from two parallel walls.
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I recommend listening to the podcast called Revisionist History about this particular statue! Fascinating!
[Jessica, 01/30/2020]
Great history lesson into the civil rights movement. Need to get there before 3:30 so you can get the audio walking tour of the sculptures in the park. Audio tour needs to be returned by 4:30. If you miss the audio tour, look for a guy named Kenny in the park. He claimed to be 14 at the time of the civil rights and involved in the children marches. He will give you a personal tour. He is just one of the pan handlers we ran into at the park.
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Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History podcast is about this more famous Civil Rights statue in the park, "Foot Soldier of Birmingham," based on a 1963 photo that went viral in the press of a police officer and his german shepherd's encounter with a young black man during a protest.