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Oct. 2013331 words
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Oct. 2013355 words
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Feb. 2008572 words
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860LSchool buses filled with laughing and singing students drove down the streets of Birmingham, Alabama. It was the morning of May 2, 1963, but the children were not going to school. They were going to jail. That morning,...
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Apr. 22, 20132,252 words
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900LCarolyn McKinstry was a straight-A student and a spelling bee champion. But on May 2, 1963, the 15-year-old high school sophomore skipped school to join thousands of other students marching to Kelly Ingram Park in...
Oct. 2013492 words
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Oct. 2013291 words
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780LOn Thursday, May 2, 1963, about 800 black students skipped school and gathered at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. From there, the young people would march toward city hall. They were demanding an...
Sept. 7, 2013330 words
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1290LIn the wake of commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King's iconic "I Have a Dream" speech, other seminal events in civil rights history will be taking center stage in...
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In May of 1963, African American children in Birmingham, Alabama, helped CHANGE the United States FOREVER. Six-year-old Audrey Hendricks knew not to go to the playground with the clean sandbox and sturdy monkey bars....
The CHILDREN who marched, sang, and prayed under blasting fire hoses were acting non-violently. They showed the world the power of PEACEFUL PROTEST. Martin Luther King, Jr., had studied ideas of nonviolent protest...
In the wake of commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King's iconic "I Have a Dream" speech, other seminal events in civil rights history will be taking center stage in...