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Birmingham Campaign

Published on Nov 18, 2015

BLACK HISTORY ♥

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Birmingham Campaign

The campaign was originally scheduled to begin in early March 1963
SCLC organizer James Bevel proposed using young children in demonstrations.
ACMHR, ‘‘Birmingham Manifesto,’’ 3 April 1963..
‘‘The Birmingham Truce Agreement,’’ 10 May 1963, in Eyes on the Prize
King was arrested in Birmingham

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In 1963, Birmingham became a focus for the civil rights movement.
as a city had made its mark on the civil rights movement for a number of years.
It was a KKK stronghold and America’s worst city for racism
SCLC’s campaign in Birmingham was better planned but not without problems
The SCLC had gauged Connor correctly

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Stores were desegregated
opportunities for African Americans in jobs "improved"
1100 students from city schools and colleges.
500 youths were arrested and jailed
the KKK had castrated an African American;

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