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Events on Friday 10 May 1963 1
1963Birmingham Children's CrusadeYoung protesters confront police dogs and fire hosesThousands of Black schoolchildren marched in Birmingham, Alabama to protest segregation, and police commissioner Bull Connor ordered fire hoses and police dogs turned on them. Televised images of the violence shocked the nation and pressured city leaders into a desegregation agreement. The campaign became a turning point in the civil rights movement.