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Children demonstrate
Children demonstrate en masse against the Birmingham Police Department and Commissioner Bull Connor. Nearly one thousand children are arrested, most in groups ranging in size from thirty to sixty. -
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The Children's March
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Demonstrations Continue
Demonstrations involving children continue. Connor responds with police dogs and water hoses, infuriating demonstrators and onlookers. -
A Mass Rally is Held
A mass rally is held at the New Pilgrim Baptist Church (Sixth Avenue and 10th Street South). The rally culminates with a march to the Southside jail and a massive demonstration in Memorial Park across from the jail. -
Children Arrested
Several groups of children and adults that had assembled at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church are arrested. -
Shuttlsworth Hospitalized
Children continue to demonstrate. Shuttlesworth is hospitalized with injuries inflicted by high-powered water hoses on the steps on the Sixtheenth Street Baptist Church. -
Demonstrations Suspended
Demonstrations are suspended. Movement leaders say white business leaders are acting in good faith to settle issues of concern. -
Leaders Reach Agreement
Leaders of the demonstrations, represented by Dr. King, and the white business community, represented by Sidney Smyer, reach an agreement including an end to demonstrations and a cooling-off period. -
Bombings
The A.G. Gaston Motel and the home of the Rev. Alfred Daniel (A.D.) King are bombed. Three people are injured in the Gaston Motel explosion. King's family escapes injury. -
JFK Sends Troops
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy sends U.S. troops trained in riot control to military bases near Birmingham and pledges that the federal government will "do whatever must be done" to preserve order in the strife-torn city. -
Expulsion of Black Students
The Birmingham Board of Education issues an order directing the expulsion of 1,081 black students arrested in Birmingham racial demonstrations. -
Ordered Back to Class
A federal judge rules that the children were illegally expelled and orders the student demonstrators to return to class.
