The Children's March Was The Main Cause Of The Civil Rights Movement
The Children’s March
Thousands of children in Birmingham helped to change the world for Blacks by participating in the Children's March, also known as the Children's Crusade. They filled Birmingham’s jails, forced Eugene “Bull” Connor out of office, risked their lives, resulted in Kennedy’s passing of the Civil Rights Act, and went down in history as heroes.
Cause
There were few causes for the Children’s March. The main cause was segregation. Birmingham earned its title as the “Most Segregated City in America”, thanks to Commissioner of Public Safety, “Bull” Connor, who was an avid supporter of the Ku Klux Klan. Although the Civil Rights Movement had begun with the bus boycott in 1955, it still had a long way to go. Restaurants and stores …show more content…
On June 11, 1963, President John F. Kennedy went onto national television to announce the end of segregation in the United States. He explained that it violated Amendment XIV and Amendment XV of the United States Constitution. Five months later, on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, President Kennedy was assassinated. On August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Then, in Birmingham, also nicknamed as “Bombingham” on September 15th,1963, four KKK members destroyed the church where it all began. The four members, Robert Edward Chambliss, Herman Frank Cash, Bobby Frank Cherry , and Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church at 10:22 a.m , killing 4 girls, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Denise McNair. There were over 200 people attending Sunday school and Addie Mae Collins’ sister, Sarah lost an eye and was among over 20 other people injured. The church bombing was the third in only eleven days, because of a federal court integrating Alabama’s schools. The tragedy helped to further influence the passing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, after Kennedy’s death, and the Voting Rights Act in 1965, granting Blacks equal
Thousands of children in Birmingham helped to change the world for Blacks by participating in the Children's March, also known as the Children's Crusade. They filled Birmingham’s jails, forced Eugene “Bull” Connor out of office, risked their lives, resulted in Kennedy’s passing of the Civil Rights Act, and went down in history as heroes.
Cause
There were few causes for the Children’s March. The main cause was segregation. Birmingham earned its title as the “Most Segregated City in America”, thanks to Commissioner of Public Safety, “Bull” Connor, who was an avid supporter of the Ku Klux Klan. Although the Civil Rights Movement had begun with the bus boycott in 1955, it still had a long way to go. Restaurants and stores …show more content…
On June 11, 1963, President John F. Kennedy went onto national television to announce the end of segregation in the United States. He explained that it violated Amendment XIV and Amendment XV of the United States Constitution. Five months later, on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, President Kennedy was assassinated. On August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Then, in Birmingham, also nicknamed as “Bombingham” on September 15th,1963, four KKK members destroyed the church where it all began. The four members, Robert Edward Chambliss, Herman Frank Cash, Bobby Frank Cherry , and Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church at 10:22 a.m , killing 4 girls, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Denise McNair. There were over 200 people attending Sunday school and Addie Mae Collins’ sister, Sarah lost an eye and was among over 20 other people injured. The church bombing was the third in only eleven days, because of a federal court integrating Alabama’s schools. The tragedy helped to further influence the passing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, after Kennedy’s death, and the Voting Rights Act in 1965, granting Blacks equal