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How Did The Children's Crusade Of 1963

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Children’s March The Children’s Crusade of 1963 was from May 2 to May 5, 1963, thousands of children left their schools in Birmingham, Alabama to march for civil rights. SCLC leader James Bevel started to enact plans for a “Children’s Crusade” that he and other leaders believed might help turn the tide in Birmingham. May 2nd, they left the 16th Street Baptist Church in waves of 50, the kids were ready to go to jail. The first day, the police arrested 973 kids. They had to start using white buses because they didn't have anymore tanks. The plan was going just how they wanted to. The second day, the police responded by using water hoses and dogs to attack and then arrest the children. The water hoses were so powerful it made the kids blister
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