The Birmingham Campaign General Info

Birmingham, Alabama was described as __ by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

one of the most segregated cities in the USA.

The major organiser of the protests in Birmingham was __.

Fred Shuttlesworth.

Protests in Birmingham included boycott of white businesses, sit-ins, and __.

marches.

Protestors in Birmingham were quietly arrested by police without __.

violence.

The protests in Birmingham began on __.

3rd April, 1961.

Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested on Good Friday and wrote his famous __.

‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’.

Initial nonviolent protests in Birmingham were similar to previous protests such as __.

sit-ins at segregated lunch counters.

Due to the nonviolent nature of the protests, newspapers lost interest, similar to the __.

Albany Movement.

A suggested strategy shift involved using __ as protestors in Birmingham.

children.

of SNCC helped to recruit students and school children for the Birmingham march.

Diane Nash

Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor ordered police to use __ against children protestors.

batons and police dogs.

Firefighters in Birmingham used __ on protestors, causing injuries.

powerful fire hoses.

Dramatic images of violence against children attracted journalists and press photographers back to __.

Birmingham.

Images of children being attacked appeared in newspapers all across the __.

USA and the world.

Ordinary Americans saw violence against children in their __ on TV.

living rooms.

Pressure from President John F. Kennedy led to the Birmingham City Council granting all demands of the __.

protestors.