Children's Crusade (Birmingham, 1963)

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Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf protest
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Children's March
gptkbp:arrested over 600 children arrested on first day
gptkbp:date May 2–5, 1963
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Children's Crusade (Birmingham, 1963)
gptkbp:influencedBy nonviolent protest philosophy
gptkbp:location gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:Life_magazine
national television
gptkbp:notableFor police use of fire hoses and dogs
mass arrests of children
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Bull_Connor
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkb:Rev._James_Bevel
gptkbp:participants over 1,000 children
African American schoolchildren
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Birmingham_campaign
gptkbp:purpose protest segregation
gptkbp:resultedIn increased support for Civil Rights Act of 1964
national attention to civil rights movement
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Freeman_A._Hrabowski_III
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7