Children's Crusade

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The Children's Crusade was a pivotal 1963 civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, in which thousands of African American schoolchildren marched against segregation, drawing national attention after many were arrested and attacked by police.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights protest
nonviolent demonstration
ageRangeOfParticipants elementary school children
teenagers
aimedAt ending segregation in Birmingham
alsoKnownAs Children's March
country United States
documentedIn contemporary newspaper reports
news photographs
television news coverage
endDate 1963-05-10
hasMainSite Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
hasParticipant African American schoolchildren
Birmingham Police Department
Public Safety Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor
linked to: Bull Connor
influenced Civil Rights Act of 1964
legacy iconic images of children facing police dogs and fire hoses
key turning point in Birmingham campaign
symbol of youth activism in the Civil Rights Movement
location Birmingham, Alabama
motivatedBy demand for civil rights
opposition to racial segregation
notableFor mass arrests of young demonstrators
participation of thousands of children and teenagers
use of high-pressure fire hoses against protesters
use of police dogs against protesters
opposedBy segregationist city officials
organizedBy Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
linked to: Fred Shuttlesworth

Rev. James Bevel
linked to: James Bevel

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
partOf Birmingham campaign
Civil Rights Movement
policeResponse mass arrests
use of city jail and fairgrounds for detention
use of paddy wagons and school buses as jail transport
result momentum for federal civil rights legislation
national media attention to Birmingham segregation
negotiations to desegregate Birmingham
public outrage over police brutality
routeIncludes downtown Birmingham
stagingArea Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
startDate 1963-05-02
usedTactic civil disobedience
mass marches
nonviolent direct action

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Birmingham campaign notableEvent Children's Crusade
Project C (Confrontation) significantEvent Children's Crusade
Project C (Confrontation) hasPart Children's Crusade
Kelly Ingram Park knownFor Children's Crusade of 1963
linked to: Children's Crusade
Kelly Ingram Park significantEvent Children's Crusade (May 1963)
linked to: Children's Crusade
Crusades majorCampaign Children's Crusade
Why We Can’t Wait includesEvent Birmingham children’s crusade
linked to: Children's Crusade
Children's March alsoKnownAs Children's Crusade
Theophilus Eugene "Bull" Connor associatedWithEvent Children's Crusade in Birmingham
subject linked to: Theophilus
linked to: Children's Crusade