In May of 1963, thousands of ordinary school children protested peacefully with a goal to break the barrier of segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. On May 2nd, 1963, African American school children left school to march for their rights, and although they were arrested, for the next three days different children continued to leave school to see if they could make a change for the better in Birmingham. By marching and peacefully protesting, African American children of Birmingham played a crucial role in breaking the barrier of segregation in Birmingham.
“The more we walked the more we gathered and every once in a while you’d look back and you saw it was more kids comin’ from somewhere from another direction and you said where are all these kids coming’ from?”
~Gwen Webb, Mighty Times
-Washington Post
