Events Of Birmingham Alabama

Question 1

Details of events of Birmingham Alabama 1.

Answer 1

April 1963 - anti segreation confrontation march, Birmingham Alabama (campaign C)

Question 2

Protesters were…

Answer 2

Victim to attack dogs, attacked with high pressure hoses, sent to overcrowded prison cells.

Question 3

Comsequences for USA

Answer 3

Federal Government in fear of widespread rioting, protests in cities all over USA. A month later, 143 cities had some desegregation

Question 4

Details of events of Birmingham Alabama 2.

Answer 4

-Poilice chief - Eugene Bull Connor, supported by KKK, esily provoked into using violence on protestors.
-Nickname, Bombingtown because of regular bomings of black churches, homes and businesses.

Question 5

Consequences for Black people

Answer 5

Many Black americans felt progress was too slow and forced segregation didn’t work if local white people didn’t accept it. Some questioned civil rights tactics; was it wrong to put children in danger at protests?

Question 6

Details of events of Birmingham Alabama 3.

Answer 6

-Arrests, water cannons, dogs and baton charges used to disperse marches.
-Arrests reached reached 500 a day.
-All on TV, many sickened by the violence.

Question 7

Consequences for civil rights

Answer 7

More Amercians began to see civil rights as America’s most urgent issue. Government produced a tougher civil rights bill.