Children's Crusade (civil rights)

Children's Crusade (civil rights)
This page refers to the events in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963; for other uses see Children's Crusade (disambiguation).

The Children's Crusade was the name bestowed upon a march by hundreds of school students in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 2, May 3, and May 4, 1963, during the American Civil Rights Movement's Birmingham Campaign. 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 in order to be arrested, set free, and then to get arrested again the next day.

Malcolm X was opposed to the event because he thought it might expose the children to violence. He said, "Real men don't put their children on the firing line.”

A pivotal civil rights campaign was fought in Birmingham, the most segregated city in the US. Fire hoses and dogs were used to prevent them from meeting the Mayor. The students remained non violent. This is a cause of the 1964 Civil Right Act.

See also

  • Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Sources

  • Clayborne Carson , ed., The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr., (New York, NY: Warner Books, Inc., 1998)
  • M. S. Handler, "Malcolm X Terms Dr. King’s Tactics Futile," New York Times, May 11, 1963
  • Request download ticket at bottom of page Rev. James Bevel speaks about Dr. King attending first children rally in Birmingham, AL. From the Helen L. Bevel Archives.
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