Children's Crusade

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civil rights protest nonviolent demonstration

The Children's Crusade was a pivotal 1963 civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, in which thousands of African American schoolchildren marched against segregation, drawing national attention after many were arrested and attacked by police.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Children's Crusade (1963) 0
Birmingham children’s crusade 1
Children's Crusade (May 1963) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights protest ⓘ
nonviolent demonstration ⓘ
ageRangeOfParticipants elementary school children ⓘ
teenagers ⓘ
aimedAt ending segregation in Birmingham ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Children's March ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
documentedIn contemporary newspaper reports ⓘ
news photographs ⓘ
television news coverage ⓘ
endDate 1963-05-10 ⓘ
hasMainSite 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
surface form: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
hasParticipant African American schoolchildren ⓘ
Birmingham Police Department ⓘ
Bull Connor ⓘ
surface form: Public Safety Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor
influenced Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
legacy iconic images of children facing police dogs and fire hoses ⓘ
key turning point in Birmingham campaign ⓘ
symbol of youth activism in the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
location Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
motivatedBy demand for civil rights ⓘ
opposition to racial segregation ⓘ
notableFor mass arrests of young demonstrators ⓘ
participation of thousands of children and teenagers ⓘ
use of high-pressure fire hoses against protesters ⓘ
use of police dogs against protesters ⓘ
opposedBy segregationist city officials ⓘ
organizedBy Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights ⓘ
Fred Shuttlesworth ⓘ
surface form: Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth

James Bevel ⓘ
surface form: Rev. James Bevel

Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ
partOf Birmingham campaign ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: Civil Rights Movement
policeResponse mass arrests ⓘ
use of city jail and fairgrounds for detention ⓘ
use of paddy wagons and school buses as jail transport ⓘ
result momentum for federal civil rights legislation ⓘ
national media attention to Birmingham segregation ⓘ
negotiations to desegregate Birmingham ⓘ
public outrage over police brutality ⓘ
routeIncludes Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
surface form: downtown Birmingham
stagingArea 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
surface form: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
startDate 1963-05-02 ⓘ
usedTactic civil disobedience ⓘ
mass marches ⓘ
nonviolent direct action ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Children's March → alsoKnownAs → Children's Crusade ⓘ
Project C (Confrontation) → hasPart → Children's Crusade ⓘ
Why We Can’t Wait → includesEvent → Children's Crusade ⓘ
this entity surface form: Birmingham children’s crusade
Kelly Ingram Park → knownFor → Children's Crusade ⓘ
this entity surface form: Children's Crusade of 1963
Crusades → majorCampaign → Children's Crusade ⓘ
Birmingham campaign → notableEvent → Children's Crusade ⓘ
Kelly Ingram Park → significantEvent → Children's Crusade ⓘ
this entity surface form: Children's Crusade (May 1963)
Project C (Confrontation) → significantEvent → Children's Crusade ⓘ