birmingham wanted him to do, to create the theater that was going to be broadcast on national television that would show just how bad things were in birmingham. demonstrators attacked with water hoses were as young as 6, 8, 9 years old. why did you want to take part in the demonstrations? just all the color folks get together and take part in certain fights for freedom, maybe they ll get some. but if they don t they won t get nowhere. birmingham was a crucible in which the soul of the nation was being forged. the negro drive for equality gathered momentum this week. the supreme court sanctioned sit-in demonstrations, another court removed the strongly segregationist city government of birmingham, dominated by eugene bull connor. all i can see is i enjoyed my 22.5 years as public safety
of course, what he was doing was exactly what head of the civil rights movement in birmingham wanted him to do, to create the theater that was going to be broadcast on national television that would show just how bad things were in birmingham. demonstrators attacked with water hoses were as young as 6, 8, 9 years old. why did you want to take part in the demonstrations? just all the color folks get together and take part in certain fights for freedom, maybe they ll get some. but if they don t they won t get nowhere. birmingham was a crucible in which the soul of the nation was being forged. the negro drive for equality gathered momentum this week. the supreme court sanctioned sit-in demonstrations, another court removed the strongly