Birmingham Campaign Demonstrators

A protestor taunts police during the Birmingham campaign of 1963. Thousands of nonviolent protesters demonstrated in the streets, demanding an end to segregation.

A group of young Black protesters smiling as they are hit with hoses in the 1963 Birmingham civil rights campaign.

Courtesy of the Birmingham News

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Birmingham Campaign of 1963

Birmingham Campaign of 1963

A group of young Black protesters smiling as they are hit with hoses in the 1963 Birmingham civil rights campaign.