January
7
While the World Watched
The Children’s March 1963
- Birmingham was a very evil place back in segregational times
- Lots of killing and beating happened
- They had dogs that would bite anybody- they were untrained
- A very bad leader was Bull Connor
- Bull killed lots of Negros and was elected 7 times
- Lots of kids wanted to be arrested to work in the movement
- Bull Connor was eventually pulled from his position
- President John Kenedy made a Civil Rights Act
- They kept kids in a fairgrounds because there was no room in jail
- Most kids were happy to go to jail
- 973 kids arrested the first day
- 1,922 kids arrested the second-day d-day
- 4,163 kids arrested the 3rd day of d-day
- Bull used fire hoses to spray negros
- Kennedy was later killed
- King was killed eventually