The Burma Road Riots Of 1963

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On May 2-5, 1963, thousands of children, some from 18 miles away, gathered at the 16th street Baptist in Birmingham, Alabama. They left their schools to march for freedom, and many teachers allowed them to. James Bevel, a minister, organized the children and sent them out to the police in groups of fifty. The police could not fit them in their police vans, so they had to use school buses! On the first day, almost 1,000 kids were arrested. On the second day, the fire department came to help the police, and used fire hoses and vicious dogs against the children. On that day, about 2,000 were arrested. By the third day, the children were no longer afraid of the police or the firemen, and some even came out to march wearing their bathing suits.

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