PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the enlistment of minors in a “children’s crusade”
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the publication of the “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
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Governor George Wallace’s “segregation forever” speech
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the Good Friday march in violation of a court order
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Detailed explanation-1: -A significant factor in the success of the Birmingham campaign was the structure of the city government and the personality of its contentious Commissioner of Public Safety, Eugene “Bull” Connor.
Detailed explanation-2: -The crusade ended after intervention from the U.S. Department of Justice. The event moved President John F. Kennedy’s to express support for federal civil rights legislation and the eventual passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Detailed explanation-3: -In May 1963, police in Birmingham, Alabama, responded to marching African American youth with fire hoses and police dogs to disperse the protesters, as the Birmingham jails already were filled to capacity with other civil rights protesters.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Children’s Crusade, or Children’s March, was a march by over 5, 000 school students in Birmingham, Alabama on May 2–3, 1963. Initiated and organized by Rev. James Bevel, the purpose of the march was to walk downtown to talk to the mayor about segregation in their city.