1970s1980s1990s   History of BCRI (1970s)

1977   Birmingham Mayor David Vann mentions in a weekly                                 news conference that a civil rights museum would be an                         appropriate project for the city. 

1978   Birmingham City Council endorses Mayor                                                     Vann's recommendation of creation of a civil rights museum.

1979   Mayor Vann is defeated in his bid for re-election by Dr. Richard                 Arrington, Jr., Birmingham's first African American mayor. 

                Birmingham City Council adopts a resolution authorizing                         the mayor to form a museum committee to conduct a                                 feasibility study. 

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