Birmingham Campaign Causes

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The Birmingham campaign was one of the most violent protests that happened in 1963, and it had the most many different consequences. The city of Birmingham was one of the most racist cities in the whole country, therefore it was the perfect place to do the Birmingham campaign and end the separate but equal laws. This essay will argue the causes for the Birmingham campaign, one of them being the ongoing discrimination towards black people, mainly in the South, and what were the most significant consequences of the campaign, some of them being white backlash, federal action and limited desegregation. Overall, this campaign was a success, it achieved equality and a better life for African Americans in the South, the life they deserved. An underlying The Birmingham campaign and Governor George Wallace refusing of letting black students enter their newly desegregated University in Alabama, attracted a lot of federal action. George Wallace was a well known member of the Klu Klux Klan. President Kennedy was convinced of talking about the issue after reading the “Letter from Birmingham jail” Martin Luther wrote while he was incarcerated. Kennedy was pushed by King to address the events that had happened in Birmingham. addressing the severe inequalities between blacks and whites in the South "The events in Birmingham and elsewhere have so increased cries for equality that no city or state or legislative body can prudently [wisely] choose to ignore them." The Birmingham campaign inspired other other movements, like Medgar Evers of the NAACP organized demonstrations in Jackson Mississippi. Each day more and more white people were getting involved. Overall, about 1600 marches and protests happened. The black community feared the protests would get This essay has shown in particular the inequalities that affected African Americans, mostly in the South, being the reason for the Birmingham campaign to challenge the segregation laws and what were the most significant consequences of those actions. The Birmingham campaign was one of the most important campaigns to ever happen, bringing many different consequences, good and bad, one of them being eventually ending segregation in the Southern States of America. Overall, the decision to do this campaign in the city of Birmingham, the most racist city and getting the violent outrageous results that they expected to attract national attention, was the main reason for the Birmingham campaign to work and take down the separate but equals laws that affected the life of blacks so much, also being an inspiration for other

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