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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Generate an image of the Children's Crusade (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 ⓘ
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Kelly Ingram Park → significantEvent → Children's Crusade (May 1963) ⓘ
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Crusades → majorCampaign → Children's Crusade ⓘ
Why We Can’t Wait → includesEvent → Birmingham children’s crusade ⓘ
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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
The Dream of the Blue Turtles → hasPart → Children’s Crusade ⓘ
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Children's Crusade (1963) → sloganOrTheme → "Children's Crusade" ⓘ
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Billy Kaplan → notableStoryline → Children’s Crusade ⓘ
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