Published on: July 2, 2023 at 10:00 AM

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.

JULY 1963

Tuesday, July 2

Directors of the Bank for Savings and Trust and the Birmingham Trust National Bank approve a merger of the Bank for Savings into the Birmingham Trust National Bank.

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