1963
Policing / segregationBook sources
Birmingham campaign met with police violence
Alabama; Black demonstrators, including children
Police used dogs, clubs, tear gas and high-pressure water against demonstrations. The violence exposed the force required to maintain segregation.
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Context / qualification
Book-derived account of the campaign; individual days can be subdivided in a later local chronology.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H00 at 00:40:13 (approximate; supplied recording)