Birmingham Children's Crusade

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Birmingham_Children's_Crusade
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf protest
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Children's_Crusade
gptkbp:arrested over 1,000 children arrested
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Civil_Rights_Memorials
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date May 2–5, 1963
gptkbp:documentedIn documentaries
history books
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Birmingham Children's Crusade
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:location gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
gptkbp:mediaCoverage national television
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:notableFor mass arrest of children
police use of fire hoses and dogs
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Bull_Connor
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkb:Rev._James_Bevel
gptkbp:participants over 1,000 children
school children
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Birmingham_campaign
gptkbp:purpose protest segregation
gptkbp:resultedIn desegregation agreements in Birmingham
national attention to civil rights
gptkbp:significance turning point in Civil Rights Movement
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_Bevel
gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama,_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5