Alabama NewsCenter – Bending Toward Justice: August 1963

By: Alabama News Center Staff

Events that shaped Birmingham in a year that altered the city forever.

Sixty years ago, Birmingham became ground zero in the struggle for human rights. Many events in Birmingham and Alabama made 1963 a transformative year that would change the city, and the world, forever. Throughout 2023 in “Bending Toward Justice,” Alabama News Center is featuring stories about the events of 1963 and their impact, including a month-by-month timeline listing many of the year’s milestones.

AUGUST 1963

Saturday, Aug. 3

Law-enforcement officers break up a mass anti-segregation demonstration in downtown Gadsden, jailing about 300 protesters.

Monday, Aug. 5

Black stars including James Baldwin, Ray Charles, Dick Gregory, Johnny Mathis, the Shirelles, Nina Simone and others entertain at a peaceful, integrated concert, known as Salute to Freedom ’63, at Miles College. The event is to raise funds for the planned March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom later in August.

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