Birmingham Campaign Essay

Campaign Essay notes Cause Underlying cause of history of slavery, emancipation, requisition/ Jim Crow laws. Long term cause of growing Black civil Rights movement building momentum and raising awareness of issue. Previous Black Civil rights campaigns that inspired and sparked e. g. Events such as Montgomery Bus Boycott which gave ML mightiness his first big leadership role. Also Freedom Riders, Brown VS board of Ed.Birmingham was one of the clear up segregated big cities in the USA History of harsh and violent segregation and mistreatment of black citizens, KKK support and membership, epicentre of racism in the South regime officials pro-segregation SCLC- Kings group NAACP was banned Eg. Bull Connor and .. The failure of Albany- lack of publicity. Event Police violence Dog attacks High pressure hoses Arrests. By-standers violence Childrens Crusade (primary and secondary)Martin Luther King being arrested Letter from Birmingham Jail Project C = direct action and provocation Non-v iolent provocations osit ins at White Churches, marches, boycotts, lunch counters etc. hire of children to fuel protest Consequence Publicity National/International sympathy White backlash oSixteenth St Baptist Church bombing killing 4 girls oHotel bombed where Martin Luther King Jr and SCLC had stayed oMartin Luther King Jrs brother Alfreds house bombedRiots March on Washington Civil Rights Act of 1964 Governor Wallace sent State Troops to stop desegregation of schools and in response Present Kennedy sent Federal Troops. Martin Luther Kings reputation (I have a dream speech). Nobel Peace prize 1964. Positives oJim Crow laws taken down desegregating public facilities eg Lunch counters, drinking fountains etc oAllowed Black employment oMore rights for Black citizens