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May 2nd

1 event recorded on The Ledger.

  1. 1963
    The Rise

    Children's Crusade begins in Birmingham

    More than a thousand Black schoolchildren march from 16th Street Baptist Church into downtown Birmingham. Public Safety Commissioner Bull Connor orders police dogs and fire hoses turned on them. Televised footage of the assault pushes President Kennedy to draft what becomes the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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