Participated in or witnessed 1963 Children's March
In or near 16th Street Baptist Church, day of bombing
Segregated places
Bombings and violence
People
4 girls killed in church bombing, 2 young men murdered that day
Bull Connor
Angela Davis
John & Addine Drew
A.G. & Minnie Gaston
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Condoleezza Rice
Arthur Shores
Fred Shuttlesworth
Gov. George Wallace
James Farmer
James Bevel
Abraham Woods
Ralph Abernathy
Joseph E. Lowery
Maintaining Jim Crow
Violence, sanctions, and threats
Some whites fearful of – or penalized for – speaking up against injustice
True history and news suppressed
Strict segregation
White children were told that Blacks were “less than”
Culture of white supremacy
Big Concepts
Black resistance
Whites' involvement in the Movement
Desegregation
Highway construction displaced families
Music
Black families and community helped their children thrive
Nonviolence
Pollution
Role of media
Role of religious institutions and clergy
Youth activism
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