Children's Crusade
Freeman Hrabowski Remembers Being Spit on as a Child

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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.