Reflection on the Birmingham’s Children’s Crusade Kim Gilmore wrote an article titled “The Birmingham Children’s Crusade of 1963,” which is about a powerful and impactful event in the civil rights movement. The theme of injustice leading to sorrow and the loss of innocence is evident in the Birmingham children’s crusade. Gilmore wrote about the determination these young protestors had during this movement. They faced violence, arrests, and intimidation by not only local people they saw daily but also the mayor of their own town. Gilmore talked about how “On the first day of the protest, hundreds of children were arrested. By the second day law enforcement was told to spray the children with powerful water hoses, hit them with batons and threaten