Eskew, Glenn T
Description
Encyclopedia article about the Civil Rights movement in Birmingham, Alabama. The city's violent response to the spring 1963 demonstrations against white supremacy forced the federal government to intervene on behalf of race reform. City Commissioner T. Eugene "Bull" Connor's use of police dogs and fire hoses against nonviolent black activists, led by Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Martin Luther King, Jr., enraged the nation. The public outcry provoked President John F. Kennedy to propose civil rights legislation that became the Civil Rights Act of 1964.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)Record Harvested From
Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African American Civil Rights Workers
- African Americans
- Alabama
- Alabama Christian Movement For Human Rights
- Birmingham
- Birmingham (Ala.)
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Civil Rights Movements
- Civil Rights Workers
- Discrimination
- History
- Project C, Birmingham, Ala., 1963
- Race Discrimination
- Race Relations
- Segregation
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- White Supremacy Movements
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