- Collection:
- Encyclopedia of Alabama
- Title:
- Birmingham Campaign of 1963
- Creator:
- Eskew, Glenn T.
- Date of Original:
- 2007-09-20
- Subject:
- Project C, Birmingham, Ala., 1963
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham
Civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham
African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham
Segregation--Alabama--Birmingham
African Americans--Segregation--Alabama--Birmingham
Race discrimination--Alabama--Birmingham
Race relations
Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations--History--20th century
White supremacy movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham
African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham
African Americans--Alabama--Birmingham
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights - People:
- Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
- Medium:
- articles
interactive resource - Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Civil Rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama. The city's violent response to the spring 1963 demonstrations against white supremacy forced the federal government to intervene on behalf of race reform. City Commissioner T. Eugene "Bull" Connor's use of police dogs and fire hoses against nonviolent black activists, led by Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Martin Luther King, Jr., enraged the nation. The public outcry provoked President John F. Kennedy to propose civil rights legislation that became the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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