Black History Month 2013: The best civil rights monuments to visit in America

16^thStreet Baptist Church – Birmingham, Ala.: Located across the street from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Inscripted is this: “Bombed on Sunday, September 15, 1963, as an act of racially motivated terrorism. The explosion at the African-American church, which killed four girls, marked a turning point in the U.S. 1960s Civil Rights Movement and contributed to support for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”