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In Birmingham Alabama there was an campaign an organized by the (SCLC) Southern Christian Leadership Conferences.They were to bring attention to the unequal rights of the Black Americans The campaign ran during the spring of 1963 it was an widely publicized confrontations between black youth and white civic authorities. In the bombing four women were killed
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In the early 1960s, Birmingham was one of the most racially divided cities in the United States, as black citizens faced legal and economic disparities. Protests in Birmingham began with a boycott to pressure business leaders to provide employment opportunities to people of all races, and end segregation in public facilities, restaurants, and stores.
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Organizers, led by Martin Luther King, Jr. used none violence direct action tactics. King decided that he would use other thing to out smart there behavior.
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They began what they claimed to be Project C, a series of sit-ins and marches intended to provoke mass arrests. After the campaign ran low on adult volunteers. They push towards the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited racial discrimination in hiring practices and public services in the United States they enforced the movement.
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Birmingham Alabama went through ups an downs but they made an impact ob civil rights for colored people.
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