Birmingham Campaign

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Civil rights movement event
gptkbp:arrested gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
Hundreds of protesters
gptkbp:endDate 1963-05-10
gptkbp:famousDocument gptkb:Letter_from_Birmingham_Jail
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Birmingham Campaign
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Fred_Shuttlesworth
gptkb:James_Bevel
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:legacy Highlighted brutality of segregation enforcement
Inspired further civil rights activism
gptkbp:location gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Widespread national and international coverage
gptkbp:mediaType Photographs
News reports
Protests
gptkbp:negotiatedBy Business leaders
Birmingham city officials
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Children's_Crusade
gptkb:Bombing_of_A.D._King's_home
gptkb:Bombing_of_the_Gaston_Motel
Arrest of Martin Luther King Jr.
gptkbp:notableFor Police dogs and fire hoses used on protesters
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Andrew_Young
gptkb:Dorothy_Cotton
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Ralph_Abernathy
gptkb:Wyatt_Tee_Walker
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Birmingham_Police_Department
gptkb:Bull_Connor
Ku Klux Klan
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkb:Alabama_Christian_Movement_for_Human_Rights
gptkbp:purpose End segregation in Birmingham
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom
gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkb:Freedom_Rides
gptkbp:resultedIn Desegregation of Birmingham's public facilities
Increased national attention to civil rights
gptkbp:significance Turning point in the Civil Rights Movement
gptkbp:startDate 1963-04-03
gptkbp:tactics gptkb:Sit-ins
Boycotts
Marches
Nonviolent protest
gptkbp:target Discriminatory hiring practices
Racial segregation laws
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4