Birmingham 1963
- Created by: Loren
- Created on: 22-05-13 08:51
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- Birmingham 1963
- Cause
- Extreme white racism
- Division
- White businessmen suported dessegregation because of the economic strain it caused
- Impatience with Kennedy Aministration
- SCLC wanted to show they were dynamic
- Participants
- SCLC
- MLK led
- Bull Connor
- SNCC
- James Bevel came up with the idea of children's campaign
- Kennedy released King from prison
- SCLC
- The significance
- Encouraged 1964 civil rights Act
- Support from outside the deep south
- Highlighted the seriousness of racial hatred
- First time King led the movement
- Critisisms of MLK
- Called a hypocrite for advocating non violence but provoking violence
- Cause
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