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Project C

Project C was the Civil Rights campaign in Birmingham, Alabama. The C stood for Confrontation. Project C consisted of many non-violent civil rights demonstrations. Martin Luther King Jr., Reverend Abernathy, and Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth were the main leaders of Project C. Birmingham was a very segregated city and they hoped that could change. On April 12, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. and Reverend Abernathy were arrested for demonstrating without a permit. Martin Luther King Jr. then wrote his famous letter from Birmingham Jail that explained his philosophy of nonviolence. The original letter was written on the margins of old newspapers when he was in jail. He was released on April 20, 1963, eight days after his arrest.

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Childrens Crusade

When King was released he led the Childrens Crusade, a famous march through Birmingham, this was one of his nnviolent protests. On May 2, he led 1000 kids from Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. King believed that the police men wouldn't hurt the children. During the march the children sang "We Shall Over Come". The police immediatly arrested the children. Some days during that week, So many children marched, and the police men started sending in busses to arrest all of the chilldren. All of the jails in Birmingham were full of childrem by the end of the week. One day, hundreds of students showed up to protest the arrests of the children. Police Commissioner, Eugene "Bull", Conner orderd the firemen to turn their high powered hoses on the protesters. The force was unbelievably strong! Many were knocked unconscious by the fire hoses. The police then unleashed their vicious attack dogs. Protesters threw stones at the police men trying to fight back. In return, The police beat them with their nightsticks. More than 2500 people were arrested and more than 2000 were kids.

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Nation Appaled

Camera men watching the scene caught it all on film.The event was televised nationally and America was appalled. The news got to other countries and Americans were worried about what they would think. The event gained more sympathy towards the Civil Rights movement, but an attempted killing of civil rights leaders followed. When the Klu Klux Klan heard what the protesters were doing, they bombed the Gaston Motel where many leaders of the demonstration were staying. Martin Luther King was supposed to have been staying there, but he had left earlier that morning. President Kennedy was forced to call in federal troops to stop the riot that resulted from the bombing. On May 10, 1963, The Mayor of Birmingham, Mayor Boutwell, anounced that they would start an eventual desegregation of public places in Birmingham. He declared a truce between civil rights leaders and the Birmingham government that day, which put a stop to The Birmingham, Alabama Civil Rights campaign. The marches injured many protesters, but protesters made a difference with their brave marching. Birmingham took a small step towards equality that month.

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