Standing up for Civil Rights.

PositionPICTURING HISTORY - 1963 Birmingham Protest March

MAY 3, 1963

In 1963, Birmingham, Alabama, was one of the most segregated places in the United States. That year, civil rights activists staged a nonviolent anti-segregation campaign in the Southern city, including boycotts and marches led mostly by children.

In reaction, the city's commissioner of public safety, Bull Connor, ordered police to attack demonstrators with dogs and high-power water hoses. Graphic images of the violent response, such as this shocking...

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