Jazz musician Billy Taylor remembers coming into contact with Bull Connor, the police chief in Alabama during the 1963 African American Civil Rights protests. Taylor was hired to play at a benefit concert set up by Martin Luther King Jr.
A foot soldier in the Children’s Crusade movement for African American Civil Rights explains how she first got interested in becoming part of the movement as well as how she learned about the importance of keeping the demonstrations nonviolent with singing and prayer.
People who participated in the Children’s Crusade of 1963 give their firsthand accounts of what it was like on that day when they tried to lead a nonviolent march for the American civil rights movement’s Birmingham Campaign. They discuss their instructions to keep the demonstration nonviolent despite the police dogs, … Continue reading
Sarah Collins Rudolph gives her firsthand account of her survival of the Birmingham church bombing that the Ku Klux Klan were responsible for in 1963. The tragic event became a landmark moment in the Civil Rights efforts.
James W. Stewart and Arnetta Streeter Gary discuss their participation in the Children’s March that went from May 2, 1963 until the 5th.
Freeman Hrabowski recounts his participation in the Children’s March in Birmingham, Alabama that happened from May 2nd until May 5, 1963. Protesters and their children attempted to meet with the Mayor about changing segregation, but were turned away by Sheriff Eugene “Bull” Connor with fire hoses and police dogs.
