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The Children's Crusade, or Children's March, was a march by over 1,000 school students in Birmingham, Alabama on May 2–10, 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. Many children left their schools and were arrested, set free, and then ...
Mighty Times: The Children's March is a 2004 American short documentary film about the Birmingham, Alabama civil rights marches in the 1960s, highlighting the bravery of young activists involved in the 1963 Children's Crusade. [1] It was directed by Robert Houston and produced by Robert Hudson.
Hendricks died in Birmingham, Alabama March 1, 2009 at 55 years old. [ 7 ] January 17, 2017, Cynthia Levinson published The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist , a book about Audrey Faye Hendrick's life being a child involved with the Civil Rights Movement , as well as her journey and experiences ...
As a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and then as its director of direct action and nonviolent education, Bevel initiated, strategized, and developed SCLC's three major successes of the era: [3] [4] the 1963 Birmingham Children's Crusade, [5] the 1965 Selma voting rights movement, and the 1966 Chicago open housing ...
Birmingham, Alabama was, in 1963, "probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States", according to King. [8] Although the city's population of almost 350,000 was 60% white and 40% black, [9] Birmingham had no black police officers, firefighters, sales clerks in department stores, bus drivers, bank tellers, or store cashiers.
The March (2013), documents the 1963 March on Washington and the "I Have a Dream" speech by King. Freedom Summer (2014), documents the events of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer movement. In the Hour of Chaos (2016), film about Martin Luther King Sr. I Am Not Your Negro (2016), James Baldwin's reminiscences of civil rights movement participants.
Birmingham was the site of the 1963 Birmingham campaign; Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail; the Children's Crusade, with its images of students being attacked by water hoses and dogs; the bombing of the A.G. Gaston Motel – the movement's headquarters motel, now designated as part of the National Monument; and the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Let the Children March is a 2018 children's picture book written by Monica Clark-Robinson and illustrated by Frank Morrison, originally published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The historical fiction work is set during the Birmingham Children's Crusade in 1963. The book was named a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book in 2019.