Chaos in Birmingham

In Birmingham, Alabama events were going out of control. Many violent acts and arrest of African Americans were taking place during the early 1960's. According to the book Mightier than the Sword, 3,000 black men, women, and children were arrested in one seething spring, many of them were injured by police brutality.  Martin Luther King Jr., and other civil rights leaders targeted the city for a series of nonviolent protest to overturn the city's white power structure. Television broadcast the protests nation wide. Now the nation focused on Birmingham and watch the news every evening to see what was going on in the city. Now protesters came up with a way to win the nation's compassion. They allowed the young school kids to join the march in Birmingham. Many kids joined the march downtown in the city. Police commissioner Bill Conner was getting upset at all the African Americans protesting. According to the book Mightier than the Sword, Connor arrested 700 youngsters and he ordered his officers to become more physical. Cops hosing the African American people and Conner was even training his dogs to attack any dangerous criminals. Television captured these cruel and harsh actions and the nation seen all of the police brutality down in Birmingham.