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The Birmingham Campaign was launched in 1963. Martin Luther King Jr. and other activists were soon jailed, but it was the participation of the children that advanced the momentum of the Birmingham movement. They marched alongside the adults and were taken to jail with them as well. Because the 16th St. Baptist Church was close to the downtown area, it was an ideal location to hold rallies and meetings. On Sunday morning, Sept. 15, 1963, dynamite planted...
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Taped segments introduced by Chris Bury (ABC) with John Donvan (ABC), attorney Doug Jones, Birmingham resident Reverend Hosea Agee, jury consultant Andy Sheldon, Reverend John Cross, and reporter Jerry Mitchell in response to issues surrounding recent attempts to bring to justice individuals guilty of committing racially motivated hate crimes in the 1960s.