Children's Crusade Flashcards
Why did it happen?
Civil rights movement (including MLK) target Birmingham Alabama
- one of most segregated cities in USA
May 1963
What happened (basic)?
Summer of marches + other protests took place
Black children started to march for civil rights
What happened as a result?
Many children were arrested
By afternoon of first day of kids protest, 959 had been jailed
Eventually jails too full for more arrests to be made
The next day?
More children marched
Chief of police, Bull Connor brought firemen with water hoses and police men with dogs after 3 days 2000 people in jail, mostly children
Many more in hospital
Short term effect
Birmingham desegregated its public spaces
Long term effect
A LOT of publicity
Photos of young children being soaked by fire hoses, beaten by police and set on by dogs shocked world