Video: 'Alabama City Remembered as Climactic Battle of Civil Rights Movement'

(Friday, May 3, 1963, demonstrations were held between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. CST; during the Children’s Crusade, part of the Birmingham campaign
in the Civil Rights Movement) –On the second day of the Children’s Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama, members of the police and fire departments unleashed police dogs and fire hoses this afternoon on African-American school children marching to protest racial segregation. Continue reading Birmingham officials unleash police dogs, fire hoses on African-American children marching against racial segregation 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 3 1963) →