wgbh_tdcr_047 047 tdcr wgbh yes Miriam McClendon African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham Women civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham African American teenagers--Alabama--Birmingham Arrest--Alabama--Birmingham Civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham African American women--Alabama--Birmingham African American children--Alabama--Birmingham Students--Alabama--Birmingham African Americans--Segregation African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham African Americans--Violence against Intimidation--Alabama--Birmingham Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham Segregation--Alabama--Birmingham Social justice--United States Race Relations Equality Children's Crusade, 1963 Wenonah High School Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.) United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Miles College Project C, Birmingham, Ala., 1963 McClendon, Miriam Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008 King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973 Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 Carmichael, Stokely Miriam McClendon was 14 years old when she became involved in the Civil Rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama. In this video segment, McClendon describes how she left school to participate in the Children's Crusade of 1963 and was then arrested and jailed for several days. Major funding for this project is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Supported in part by a grant from the Open Society Institute. Grade range: 3-12. A transcript of the Quicktime movie is available. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. [Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Educational Foundation Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Teacher's Domain Civil Rights Special Collection WGBH Educational Foundation Miriam McClendon 2002/2008 Instructional materials Teaching guides Resource units Interviews Oral histories Transcripts Videorecordings http://www.teachersdomain.org/resources/iml04/soc/ush/civil/mcclendn/index.html text/html text/pdf video/quicktime 8.2 Mb ca. 6 m. Forms part of: Teacher's Domain Civil Right Special Collection. A Quicktime player may be needed to view the streaming video. A PDF viewer may be needed to view the transcript. 1949/1965 Birmingham (Ala.) Jefferson County (Ala.) The Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Collection is a collaborative production of WGBH Education Productions, the WGBH Media Library, and WGBH Interactive, in partnership with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and Washington University in St. Louis. 20120131 155646