Children's Crusade (1963)
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The Children's Crusade (1963) was a pivotal civil rights campaign in Birmingham, Alabama, in which thousands of African American schoolchildren marched to protest segregation and were met with mass arrests and police violence, helping galvanize national support for the movement.
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| Children's Crusade (1963) canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Children's Crusade (1963) Context triple: [Children's Crusade monument, commemorates, Children's Crusade (1963)]
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A.
Slave Children’s Crusade
Slave Children’s Crusade is a high-energy action cue from John Williams’ score for *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*, underscoring Indy’s rescue of the enslaved children.
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B.
The Crusades (1935 film)
The Crusades (1935 film) is a 1935 historical drama directed by Cecil B. DeMille that dramatizes the events of the Third Crusade with grand battle scenes and romanticized storytelling.
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A Little Priest
"A Little Priest" is a darkly comic duet from the musical Sweeney Todd in which the title character and Mrs. Lovett gleefully plot to turn his victims into meat pies.
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D.
Acts of Peter
The Acts of Peter is an early Christian apocryphal text narrating legendary episodes from the apostle Peter’s ministry, including his confrontations with Simon Magus and his martyrdom in Rome.
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E.
Joan of Arc (1948 film)
Joan of Arc (1948 film) is a historical drama epic starring Ingrid Bergman as the French heroine and saint, depicting her visions, military leadership, and martyrdom during the Hundred Years' War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Children's Crusade (1963) Target entity description: The Children's Crusade (1963) was a pivotal civil rights campaign in Birmingham, Alabama, in which thousands of African American schoolchildren marched to protest segregation and were met with mass arrests and police violence, helping galvanize national support for the movement.
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A.
Slave Children’s Crusade
Slave Children’s Crusade is a high-energy action cue from John Williams’ score for *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*, underscoring Indy’s rescue of the enslaved children.
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B.
The Crusades (1935 film)
The Crusades (1935 film) is a 1935 historical drama directed by Cecil B. DeMille that dramatizes the events of the Third Crusade with grand battle scenes and romanticized storytelling.
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C.
A Little Priest
"A Little Priest" is a darkly comic duet from the musical Sweeney Todd in which the title character and Mrs. Lovett gleefully plot to turn his victims into meat pies.
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D.
Acts of Peter
The Acts of Peter is an early Christian apocryphal text narrating legendary episodes from the apostle Peter’s ministry, including his confrontations with Simon Magus and his martyrdom in Rome.
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E.
Joan of Arc (1948 film)
Joan of Arc (1948 film) is a historical drama epic starring Ingrid Bergman as the French heroine and saint, depicting her visions, military leadership, and martyrdom during the Hundred Years' War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | civil rights campaign ⓘ |
| aim |
to challenge Jim Crow laws
ⓘ
to desegregate public facilities in Birmingham ⓘ to protest racial segregation in Birmingham ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Birmingham Children's Crusade
ⓘ
linked to:
Birmingham campaign
Children's March ⓘ |
| coordinatedFrom |
16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham
ⓘ
linked to:
16th Street Baptist Church
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| effect |
contributed to momentum for the Civil Rights Act of 1964
ⓘ
galvanized national support for the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ helped lead to desegregation agreements in Birmingham ⓘ increased pressure on the Kennedy administration to act on civil rights ⓘ |
| endDate | 1963-05-10 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfParticipants | thousands ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
exposed brutality of segregationist law enforcement to a national audience
ⓘ
symbol of youth involvement in the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ turning point in the Birmingham campaign ⓘ |
| keyFigure |
Fred Shuttlesworth
ⓘ
James Bevel ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Ralph Abernathy ⓘ |
| legalContext | took place before passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ |
| location |
Birmingham, Alabama
ⓘ
linked to:
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
|
| mediaCoverage |
extensive national television coverage
ⓘ
widespread newspaper coverage in the United States ⓘ |
| method |
civil disobedience
ⓘ
mass marches ⓘ nonviolent direct action ⓘ |
| movementType | nonviolent civil rights protest ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
mass arrests of child protesters
ⓘ
use of high-pressure fire hoses against demonstrators ⓘ use of police dogs against demonstrators ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Birmingham Police Department
ⓘ
Eugene "Bull" Connor ⓘ
linked to:
Bull Connor
|
| opposedPolicy |
racial discrimination in employment in Birmingham
ⓘ
segregation in Birmingham public facilities ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
ⓘ
Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ local Black churches in Birmingham ⓘ |
| participants | African American schoolchildren ⓘ |
| partOf |
Birmingham campaign
ⓘ
Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
linked to:
American civil rights movement
|
| result |
agreement between Birmingham business leaders and civil rights leaders to desegregate certain facilities
ⓘ
release of jailed child protesters after negotiations ⓘ |
| sloganOrTheme |
"Children's Crusade"
ⓘ
linked to:
Children's Crusade
|
| startDate | 1963-05-02 ⓘ |
| tacticsDirectedBy | James Bevel ⓘ |
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