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