60 Years Ago: Police Attack Children’s Crusade with Dogs & Water Cannons in Birmingham, Alabama

Sixty years ago today is known as “D-Day” in Birmingham, Alabama, when thousands of children began a 10-week-long series of protests against segregation that became known as the Children’s Crusade. Hundreds were arrested. The next day, “Double D-Day,” the local head of the police, Bull Connor, ordered his white police force to begin using high-pressure fire hoses and dogs to attack the children. One photograph captured the moment when a white police officer allowed a large German shepherd dog to attack a young Black boy. Four months after the protests began, the Ku Klux Klan bombed a Black Birmingham church, killing four young girls - Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Denise McNair. We revisit the history of the Children’s Crusade with two guests: civil rights activist Janice Kelsey, who joined the Children’s Crusade as a 16-year-old in 1963, and author Paul Kix.
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[@paularhodes1997]

We must never forget the children, who were attacked, by the very people we pay to protect us. 🤬😭🤬

[@louniece1650]

And we are forgetting and there are many who want to pretend this never happened. We are on our way to wash, rinse and repeat.

[@paularhodes1997]

@@louniece1650 We absolutely are. 😥 I am so glad they are showing this. This is our history & it needs taught in our schools! Ignoring it is compliance 🤬

[@rahaki5445]

Never forget people who supported people like Bull Connor

[@vincentharris7909]

@@paularhodes1997 a sad history and disgraceful history Paula.

[@gabrielmaroto18]

Taxation without representation !

[@professorprofessorson8795]

its crazy how this wasnt even that long ago, there are people still alive from that era. There is still so much racism today. There is alot of work to be done for equality.

[@sandrajones1609]

I was born in 60... I have 'been' in this country feeling and hearing and seeing all the wrong... ANY DIVISION is wrong We are one species... humanity. WE ONE WE WON

[@petermorton301]

In my life time I remember all this like it's was yesterday.

[@petermorton301]

Sandra Jones they not like Black people.

[@petermorton301]

What they did was outter pure hatred and evil Black people never did those thing to any race man so skip me with that we one people this right showing you that we are not one people.

[@TheBashar327]

We have to stop the alt-left from perpetuating it and re-mainstreaming it. Racism was dwindling in such short supply for more than 40 years that they desperately had to create new supply to feed their egos and justify their aging so called antiracist organizations that were losing relevance. Time to get woke.

[@NeoDon1]

Only DEVILS could do this to Children!

[@ikyhwh]

Bingo, the devil hates the future. So the environment (seed) is attacked and the children. Our future NeoDon eat well & live long 🤙🏿

[@manjaplanting3196]

to anione

[@BravoRox]

Whites normally are, look at this world. Look who runs most of it.

[@toneyingram732]

White devils been doing this to black people since satan got them out the cave to do his evil work on Earth

[@zanitzeuken]

you realize kids get eaten in parts of Africa and the east?

[@louniece1650]

This is why there is such a strong movement to not teach the history of our country so that we can reverse everything and Repeat The Past. Make no mistake about what is happening in our very faces. Repetition.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

"Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it." Can't remember who said it. 😐

[@ivreiceman20257]

​@@capt.bart.roberts4975 Google it

[@benberren]

@@capt.bart.roberts4975 George Santayana aid in 1905!

[@thecatthinks]

I have no problem with teaching and learning about history. I do have a problem when it's presented in a way that attempts to make me feel guilty for things that happened before I was born.

[@Ghost_Hybrid]

We must not repeat this phase of history. Anyone advocating for categorizing and separating people by race is an enemy of equality and human rights.

[@telmo7088]

"Alabama's got me so upset, Tennessee made me lose my rest and everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam." Nina Simone

[@sandrajones1609]

I vote for "Feeling Good" as The National Anthem 🎶 Nina Lives

[@Michael-hw6pi]

Here's some more logic for them doctor Omar What's the difference between a stock certificate and a person there's no difference at all Both of them yield a profit a Dividend For instance buys a 100 pieces of stock at $15 a share That's $1500 But then the shares increases a 100% he just made a profit of $150,000 Now put it in employment terms say he has a business and has 100 people working for him he pays them $15 an hour each Which is his investment in them They are his stock certificates In which he has a yearly dividend of millions of dollars So his total investment was $15 an hour x 40 hours x 160 hours x 100 workers 96,000 per month x 12 month = $1,152,000 his yearly investment in his stock (the workers) his dividends from his investment is $40,000,000 WHOOP THERE IT IS!!!

[@reneem3895]

Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday😩

[@paulheydarian1281]

​@@reneem3895 As a fruitarian, I'm horrified...!!!

[@cheri238]

Nina Simone was a great example .❤

[@Dot-Dot-Dash]

Our history is heartbreaking! We must never forget Bombingham, Alabama! Horrifying that the people back then hated black people and that they also handed down that hatred to future generations.

[@vincentharris7909]

💯!

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

Still do!

[@24299]

Exactly 💯

[@deeprhythminc]

They still hate black people today.

[@Dot-Dot-Dash]

@@Abcd-jz4gp Yes. I agree. Years ago I lived in a small town in Mississippi and my young daughter had a friend. She went outside with her doll, which was black and her young friend road away on his bike and never came back.

[@shadestress9898]

Our children in schools need to be TAUGHT this history. We can have NO return to this barbaric behavior. I fear in America ..this has raised it's ugly head again.

[@25lighters91]

It's ugly head never went away, it just put on Gucci shades.

[@shadestress9898]

@@25lighters91 good point

[@twistylox]

That's weird, bc I feel it never went away, but only slightly changed the tactical approach. But, umm, I'm a black lady from Connecticut, who was born years after... I can only be a witness from a futured past!! Be Well

[@vincentharris7909]

💯!

[@tinka1015]

Yes, its being taught now, segregation is happening right now at the bequest of activist college students wanting segregated graduations. Crt is teaching racism now! We have the most outwardly racist potus in the last century now, you just dont listen to his words, hes almost as bad as woodrow wilson

[@marktaylor4496]

I lived in the south at the time and was about 6-7 years old. I’m ashamed to say I was brought up on racism and fear of black people. I know only too well the hatred and prejudice of my youth. I’ve spent my life unlearning the horror of what racism is. You have to fight racism or it will take you over.

[@mollymcginnis5348]

You said that so eloquently. Naturally there is a basic morality in people that evolved to make us cooperative creatures, to be kind to eachother because its better for all of us collectively. Racism and all forms of bigotry cover up and obscure it. But there is hope that bigotry can be deconstructed to reveal the basic human empathy at the core of most people.

[@kp6215]

I never met a black person my entire life from Montana but my parents raised me never to judge on what you wear, accent or skin color.

[@margaretnorvell9555]

Yes. It's too bad Linda Frickey didn't know how wrong she was

[@alwayshavestrengthjoy7450]

Thank you Sir!

[@tinablair1926]

I AM FROM THE NORTHEAST SAME WITH ME IM SO ASHAMED OF MY ANCESTORS I REPENT ALL THE TIME GOD BLESS ALL OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP 😭

[@deidaraer]

A brave freedom fighter and a role model for all of us. God bless her! ❤️

[@phildazz]

The question of today, when will America create a Justice system of equality for all it's people?

[@keziaisrael9330]

Uh never

[@karenwaddell9396]

Always an aspiration.

[@kp6215]

Never unless the oligarchs are removed.

[@dianahill5116]

The KKK was/is what is referred to as domestic terrorist. ____ The law enforcements knew they weren't going to be held accountable for anyone they killed, injured or harmed.

[@scj3188]

Not happening. Amerikkka is about oppression of minorities

[@MRSZ5440]

Nothing has changed as a matter of fact they are still bold enough to kill on camera right before your eyes and still got off.

[@ms.ebbiel.3550]

Exactly!! 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@zanitzeuken]

pfft, you got to jail if you're the wrong race and if you OD while being the right race, you get a golden coffin lol

[@tonisumblin2719]

I’ll never forget how horrified I was watching this on tv. I was only 8 years old. I’ll never forget Bull Conner. He attended Church the following Sunday and taught Sunday School classes. My relatives lived in the South but I never wanted to go South to visit them because I was so afraid. To think that this happened in my lifetime and that the attitudes of so many Americans are still the same is mind boggling.

[@lindafox1679]

😢😢 courage is necessary. Thank you for yours! ❤

[@vincentharris7909]

❤ Linda. 💯!

[@logicstream9861]

That hate, that cowardice, that ignorance and violence is still deep rooted in this country, and unfortunately I believe it's about to show it's ugly face again. What do such people believe will be the end result of all this? If there is such a thing as justice then it doesn't look to good for such people.

[@FckPeace2]

Then so be it....

[@phoenixbrazil5266]

We taking alot of them with us

[@zanitzeuken]

it's already here. telling kids they're bad because of the way they're born. hell, you get called a race traitor if you don't tow the democrat line, where ever it happens to be this week.

[@virtualsam]

Indeed!

[@SeekmyfacechildrenYasharahla]

This not the same generation Dam near everyone is packing a gun

[@cgcade1]

Today I am 63 years old. My parents are from the South. All eight of their grandparents were born during slavery. I understood exactly what that meant and how that experience impacted their decisions in my parent's live to provide lives for my siblings and I to live in hope of an America that we too could be proud of that included all of it's citizens as such. 60 years later we as a people are still hoping for that America. So, no I do NOT have the capacity to forgive the past failures, original sin, the domestic terrorism, discrimination, legal segregation, subjugation of the American Descendents of Slavery (ADOS), and all the evil this nation continues to oppress my folks with in the name of white supremacy and their lies therein. Because Daddy, who was from Jasper, TX took us to visit our grandfather on vacation we were able to see the South in person. Mommy, was from Shreveport, LA so we visited both places in visiting family, Daddy was in the United States Air Force when he met Mommy. They married in 1950 and were stationed in Alburquerque, NM soon after their marriage. They later when to Tripoli, Libia and Madrid, Spain which is where they were during the time "D-Day". Soon after this Daddy's orders were to come back to the USA. Mommy was not in agreement with this as she fear for the safety of her 5 children in America. She only agreed to return to the USA if we could live in California. This request was granted and we have been here ever since. Both of my parents are now deceased. But they endured too much racism during their lifetimes. Daddy who was a retired Saff Sgt. in the Air Force was also the classmate of James Byrd, Sr. He knew him as "Sonnyboy" Byrd. My parents called were friends with both Sonnyboy and Stella Mae Byrd who were the parents of James Byrd, Jr who was horrifically murdered in Jasper, TX in 1998, were notified of this lynching. I heard the pain in Mommy's voice as she is consoling Stella Mae about their loss. Daddy was different after that time. He loved America as a soldier and was proud of his service to this country. But this pain was too much. I'm going to leave this right here. Please let that sink in. The late activist Harry Belafonte in 1963 said it best in the round table discussion just after the March On Washington, concerning the people who came to participate in the protest..."The 200,000 people that were there today...but the truth of the matter is that the people that came to that gathering today were people in great anguish. And they came there with anguish and hurt and with dignity and with integrity and it was one of the most orderly displays I've ever seen of 200,000 people."

[@sandrajones1609]

honor, grace, love, truth 🙏 GRATITUDE 🙏

[@islandgirl8067]

👏👏👏👏

[@ms.ebbiel.3550]

Thank you for sharing. This resonates with so many of us and our ancestors who have gone on. May TMH continue to bless you and your family. ❤️🙏🏾.

[@reneem3895]

Wow. I have never read a post that brought me to tears. Thank you for sharing. Imagine fighting for your country, only to come back & being treated like a second class citizen. Now, imagine telling a story like that & have bigots telling you to get over it. It’s a shame.

[@penelopepitstop7748]

@@reneem3895 That’s exactly what’s happening... All therapy is about talking about what has happened so that you can move on. But in this case completely stable healthy ppl can’t be told the truth about their past...

[@eddielaster9496]

So much for this Christian Nation That refuses to teach the truth of their Evil deeds against humanity.and the unjust law that showed the police Action.and their HATE.

[@kp6215]

This was the reason my father was an atheist because I saw the Christian nation Freedom of Religion all lip service written in nation's documents but has always been a MYTH

[@ghostprince4284]

Wait,Christian Nation? HA! More Like Demonic If You Ask Me. If This Is A Christian Nation,Then I'm Bo-Bo The Clown.

[@moniqueloomis9772]

Amen!

[@hollis7451]

The U.S. is resistant to truly make atonement for its sins against African Americans. Sad they did it in the name of being a “Christian nation”.

[@ericmoore7785]

Religiously evil mfs

[@kl35962]

We live in such a cruel country, how can people be like that, it’s unreal about the hatred in this country. 😢😢😢😤

[@bootnazz1786]

It wasn't so great

[@BravoRox]

America never was great, we just ignored the problems.

[@bootnazz1786]

@@BravoRox true

[@zanitzeuken]

it's so much worse outside this sheltered bubble you take for granted. you ought to look at how other places handle demographic issues. none of that justifies what happened here, but you have no perspective.

[@bootnazz1786]

@@zanitzeuken I guess lynching,firebombing,homes,churches,is not that bad,destroying black wall street,forcing people to be slaves for centuries,killing for centuries,from 1555 to 1968.and if that's not that bad,I own a 13o pound German shepherd ,bite force 236 pounds of pressure per square inch attack let me know when we can meet up,I'll let him go on you just like that racist pig doing him.

[@katsshow2272]

Listening to these horrors committed by USA government, I can't to stop to wonder where they get the audacity to lecture the world about human rights.

[@kp6215]

Exactly which is what China, India,Russia and Africa

[@jo-annerichardson34]

Always wondered that.

[@le7mule21]

I know, the nerve!

[@zanitzeuken]

good comment

[@WithoutJustice]

"If you have a racist friend, now is the time (now is the time) for your friendship to end." - The Specials 🎼 🎵🎵

[@gabrielmaroto18]

This is American !

[@iainherridge6253]

& it shouldn't be, we the people (US) can DO SO MUCH BETTER!

[@lih-fk8by]

@@iainherridge6253 exactly we have the recipe for success right here and we don't use it

[@ikyhwh]

🔥🤙🏿🔥

[@whiskialaman7822]

Seriously? No, this is not America, this is AmeriKKKa, for these ws kkk racist white police officers, fire fighters and rest of the political establishment. What did black folks ever do to You white folks? Just because the color of their skin, you hate them, why?

[@nickl2274]

It's not America it's the people who are in power they're the ones who had been always doing things like this in history

[@santaclosed5062]

American history of collective persecutions, the monstrous lynchings and social, political discriminations are all happened surprisingly not so long ago. And these are still happening not as brutal as it was, but still as violent as it was cause we’ve never recognized and faced our ugly and shady truth in the past. Hope our media gets bit more courageous to show us the ugliness and cruelties we’ve done to other human beings in the past, so we don’t repeat it again. Thank you Democracy now for your courage.

[@vincentharris7909]

I have to respectfully disagree with “not as brutal as it was”. It shouldn’t be happening at all. I agree with you on everything else. What an ugly America we live in.

[@toneyingram732]

Satan history

[@zanitzeuken]

democracy is what lead to this....mob rules. getting back with our principles and roots, i.e. the US Constitution was the way out.

[@lauracohen4914]

Thank you for this report. Such important U.S. history. I'm amazed at the fortitude of those in the Civil rights movement and so grateful for them. Horrified by the cruelty of the oppressors. We must never repeat these atrocities.

[@zanitzeuken]

gotta keep that hate alive.

[@whygohome172]

HATE IS EVIL! STOP THE HATE!

[@Tes-mm5rp]

It doesn't work that way or by wishing. People taught to hate to look down and so on. The solution is the black American must pull themselves up and narrow the wealth education gap then defend themselves by anymeans. Then may then hate will go down. Long way to go hate will continue to exist.

[@zanitzeuken]

hate is a human emotion and is perfectly valid. it's your actions that count.

[@BigFatHeretic]

I’m 71 years old. Back in 1963, I was 11 years old. When I was in the 5th grade I was already reading at high school and adult level. I was a science geek so I was painfully aware of how ignorance, prejudice, and superstition holds back the progress of humanity.

[@kp6215]

Amen because I consumed massive amounts of books and newspapers for the facts only as I can understand the world past , present and work for betterment.

[@peggydale4638]

PEOPLE … Don’t let this happen… please. Everybody needs to do their part.

[@ppastrana1672]

We should be sitting in protest everywhere.

[@newtagwhodis4535]

Nothing has fundamentally changed for the better. Protest is surveyed, restricted and they still add random people to watchlists. All the same.

[@zanitzeuken]

their bank accounts get taken away. they get imprisoned for doing their jobs. they get told they're evil because of how they were born. you're absolutely right

[@marywallace4086]

To this day how those children were treated still fills me with shame because I was born and raised in Alabama.

[@PegsFlamingoville]

We have such a shameful history. When will we learn from our mistakes?

[@shannalee2520]

Absolute transparency and truth in science is a goal that benefits everyone. (Humans were never apes, unlike school misleads students.) & Why are drones above us filming set up crime scenes like dod movies, while *real life crimes* are *never* helped by drones or surveillance tech? I hope everyone sees that the nzi drone swarms are being *tested* above us, and *surveillance* is only one of their at *tributes* . Shout out to Kenosha.

[@FckPeace2]

Never...,it's in the demon's 🧬

[@Enbionic_Titan]

When ppl stop trying to run and hide from them

[@zanitzeuken]

well we obsess over it and now colleges are designating racial spaces and businesses are being defined by the race of the owners. i don't think we can learn from our mistakes.

[@margyeoman3564]

America busy making a shameful future these days too. Get hold on the reins of the fools who rule you.

[@SweetPotatoesBlackStyle25]

These children are heroes!

[@MoneyManMeech]

Not really

[@cameron9119]

The hatred has never gone away, it is just as being suppressed whilst the world is watching. They wear suits instead of hoods.

[@reneem3895]

Red hats.

[@RAJ-Jamcal]

There are those who were there and there were those who remembered. Yet America is tethering towards another racial hatred by the new generation who only admire the hate of the past. When there's no one left who remembered and witnessed the past, then America is bound to repeat the same mistakes

[@zanitzeuken]

you got it backwards, chief. look at all these comments. all these people getting off on the mistreatment and self-loathing. pushing protected classes, pushing racial spaces, pushing businesses defined by the race of their owners, i mean you've pushed for so much race focus and you're suprised EVERYONE was listening and taking it seriously. maybe if you guys would let up about race, but no, you can't stop. you tell kids race matters and act all surprised when they start to act in the interests of their race.

[@MsOrganicBlack]

@@zanitzeuken All these comments you've left on this page are very telling. It's the typical, defensive behavior of someone suffering from racial psychosis.

[@zanitzeuken]

​@@MsOrganicBlack keep telling kids race is the most important thing, then act all surprised when the kids start taking race seriously.

[@jesusiscomingsoon5465]

A lot of those vile and vicious people are still alive and amongst us today. The scary thing is, they are teaching their kids and grandchildren the very hate.

[@zanitzeuken]

which color are you referring to?

[@PROGRESS4eva]

@@zanitzeuken stop trolling with your nonsense

[@zanitzeuken]

@@PROGRESS4eva i actually care about this subject seeing as i live here, was taught racism is bad, and now today racism is ok so long as it's directed at the right race. i'm here to call that out, show people for the hypocrites they are as they pander and leech off the suffering of others.

[@pattyharris5148]

I remember those days, I was born white in a segregated town, and my hero was Martin Luther King, I loved all my family's my best friends were Native American and friends from Mexico. God Bless America, we're not all racist.

[@keziaisrael9330]

That’s good but would you put your life on them?

[@diversetribe231]

Sure Patty. How have you fought against white supremacy?

[@ikyhwh]

The woman teaches racism

[@LovelyLonewolf-qk9eg]

Yeah, but you still have your white privilege.

[@zanitzeuken]

according to many here you are. original sin and all that.

[@cassandraroper9208]

Evil shall not prevail.💯🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾, Before my mom passed, we went to the park across from the church, and was given a tour of what each symbol of that park meant, including the Fountain of Tears, that represents each of the girl's that was killed by the devil's advocate. America is doomed, and history will repeat itself. God help us.

[@ericcarabetta1161]

The pigs haven't changed a bit.

[@jo-annerichardson34]

The cops haven't changed. However, that is an insult to pigs.

[@ericcarabetta1161]

@@jo-annerichardson34, I know, I like piggies, it's a shame they're associated with those violent, fascist thugs.

[@OTDDAYO]

People tryda act like this was so long ago when the kid being attacked by the dogs in the thumbnail is literally my grandpa

[@buffalogal2871]

What a brave young man. You should be proud.

[@reneem3895]

You Grandfather was a courageous young man. I appreciate his sacrifice. Bless his heart.

[@penelopepitstop7748]

Is it really coz I looked at that picture in real depth and to think someone thought to take a picture instead of help..

[@zanitzeuken]

so 60 years isn't a long time?

[@carydavidhoffson6014]

They were willing to attack children that they did not care that it was children it did not matter to the police

[@cinthyayanez6238]

let the children lead the way.. Let us learn from history. We can't forget them, those little girls.. may the Rest In Peace. We can't let them down.

[@berniv7375]

We must fight to eradicate racism whether it is in the US, or the middle east, or wherever. The children of Palestine are also struggling against racism.🌱

[@lih-fk8by]

They're doing a bang up job in Chicago

[@drewm9903]

@@lih-fk8by Not like the shitty cops and shitty political leaders have done anything right there the past few decades. Someone has to step up on the plate for Chicago to be any good and it ain't the Status Quo that thrives off of the disaster.

[@patriciawilson155]

​​@@lih-fk8by You always will have some fool in the comment section that has to express his/her ignorance whenever videos of Black people are shown like yourself ! 🤡

[@MsOrganicBlack]

@@lih-fk8by You mean Chicago, the same city where you demons murdered Fred Hampton and terrorized the Black Panthers who were trying to make things better? You created the horrific conditions that you're now trolling about.

[@stephaniestewart6086]

I remember those times 😢

[@tracesprite6078]

Those black protesters were so very brave. Also so were the reporters who made sure those images got out.

[@zanitzeuken]

it was effective propaganda and it worked. people tend to be Not In My Backyard about most things.

[@jamesfields2249]

Great, we should never ever forget, and we should teach our children our history.. This segment is absolutely great !!

[@zanitzeuken]

we do. since i was a kid in the 90s. you boomers are a trip.

[@anhedonic-voting]

Thank you 🌎✊🗽🌹 This is why Critical Race Theory needs to be taught in 6th grade and up. I never knew and I was in school during 1990-2004. I got taught a lot but it was all white washed. I understand why so many people just don't get it but at the same time I know it's my duty to seek out the truth.

[@daviddoby4645]

I believe that you want the truth about history taught as crt is not ever been taught in school! CRT is a graduate level class taught in law school it has never been taught in any K-12 school ! CRT is a buzz word that Charlie Kirk started using a few years ago! Does anyone wonder why you have not heard of CRT until now ? Listening to what’s being broadcast instead of researching and discovering the truth is why hatred still exist !!! Look up Charlie Kirk and CRT please !!!

[@reneem3895]

This is history. Not CRT. CRT is a college level course you take in law school. They just call all history they don’t want taught CRT or woke ideology. It’s a tactic to ban it from being taught, but it’s true American history & it should be taught.

[@ShawnBen]

Whitewashed is nothing more than permission to lie.

[@zanitzeuken]

no, CRT is revisionist trash that has no place being taught in class, much less at the expense of the tax payer. you can pay for your own brainwashing in college....incidentally funded by tax payers as well. CRT is not truth and that's well documented.

[@karenwaddell9396]

I remember watching the news with my dad on our black and white tv when I was 11. My dad said, ‘that’s wrong…damn dogs’.

[@annebalderston2520]

It’s not the dogs fault-they made them be like that.

[@karenwaddell9396]

@@annebalderston2520 I agree. What I took from my dads expression was ‘Damn, Dogs’ and him shaking his head saying the police had really crossed the line.

[@zanitzeuken]

most people felt that way, which is why it was perfect propaganda and things changed.

[@karenwaddell9396]

@@zanitzeuken I would not call it propaganda. It happened. People using Dogs to attack people is WRONG, not propaganda. Perhaps I misread your intended meaning.

[@zanitzeuken]

@@karenwaddell9396 things happening is the best propaganda. things not happening is the weakest propaganda. propaganda is merely media that is used to convince people of something. it doesn't mean its false. seeng kids being set upon by state actors and their dogs would bother any person with decency.

[@Duane-tl2zc]

Courage is a virtue those children had

[@SajidKhan-jg8bk]

Evilism, beyond all forms of decency!😢😢😢

[@liliabrunswick7557]

Nothing has changed.

[@fionasanderson5395]

Thank you for all your hard work in exposing racism in the most horrific manner in history, never letting it be shoved under the rug and forgotten. We appreciate you!!!

[@zanitzeuken]

most horrific manner in history? you realize they butcher children with knives in other demographic struggles outside the US, right?

[@williamkeels602]

wow it only took you 60 years to find this out

[@nsbd90now]

I never even heard of The Tulsa Massacre until I was well into adulthood. There is now a large group of Americans actively seeking to suppress these facts of our history.

[@jo-annerichardson34]

Education about Black History has always been woefully inadequate, ergo the ignorance of today.

[@sandrajones1609]

Are you contributing to ? Or seeking value from the conversation? I don't think ither is being accomplished. Observation Only... ✌️

[@zanitzeuken]

despite all these comments saying they remember or saw it in class... stay golden, Pony Boy, stay golden.

[@zanitzeuken]

@@nsbd90now how bout dem ruby ridges?

[@janetmatthews7973]

I remember seeing this on tv and my Mom turned it off but my family discussed this forever…. Sad thing we are still affected by it as we as a people have not overcome…..

[@zanitzeuken]

there's too much money to be made in it now. the last thing special interest groups want is people overcoming.

[@leealexander3507]

I've never been able to tolerate violence due to race, religion or gender identity. There is no excuse for the mistreatment of anyone, human or animal. I am also against wars of aggression. I don't know how I turned out that way aside from my deep capacity for empathy.I came out of a family of racists and bigots aside from my father who loved nearly everyone regardless of any differences. Those he loved most were children and horses. I'll never forget how sick and horrified he was upon hearing about these events. I'm almost glad he's no longer living because all these school shootings would devastate him. If my mother hadn't kept me away from my father until I found him when I was 11 years old I would assume I had learned from him. His family was every bit as racist and bigoted as mom's side except for his youngest brother who died young in a backhoe accident. He was only two years older than my youngest son at the time. My son was almost two years old. All except one of my brothers and all my cousins are racists and bigots. Fortunately my sons and grandchildren are not and sadly I would think less of them if they were. They definitely weren't raised that way.

[@MrDayna39]

Well, terrorism has been a big part of the American experience for a long time now, it is amazing that the descendants of the terrorized are still standing tall and strong.

[@nauticdixons]

America was founded through terrorism

[@mikemoore1052]

Black folks are the most resilient group of people on this earth!

[@zanitzeuken]

some are. some are killing the absolute hell out of their neighbors though.

[@blackdiamond306]

Sadly not much has changed

[@berlynify]

.. to be THAT terrified of CHILDREN, PEACEFULLY PROTESTING, tells you everything you need to know about the scourge of racism & the COURAGE of CHILDREN, in the face of that kind of grotesque ugliness..G:)d bless those children (who're now adults), all those who supported them & their outstanding, historical efforts in the spring of '63, to put an end to the inequality of segregation. ❤ 🙏🏽 🇨🇦

[@MrTwenty20video]

Intense segment Thank you for your history lesson.

[@jerryswallow]

60 YRS, l was 18, remember this day well.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

I remember this well, I was only six, I couldn't understand why the weren't allowed to go to the same schools as myself.

[@kp6215]

School is segregated still because neighborhood schools that poor black and immigrants never allowed to walk in the rich neighborhoods. Constitution first voters only white men with property as women were chattels.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

Still makes me cry. They were dreadful times, that Drumpfilthinskin has let out of the box again.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

I can't watch any more, sorry.

[@kabiam]

Hatred in America hasn't gone away. Only nowadays everyone is armed.

[@zanitzeuken]

you don't want people of color being armed?

[@briangrigsby1842]

Bad time to be alive and change is being all the more painful as time moves on. Our country is becoming a third world dictatorship by corporations and military.

[@ghostprince4284]

It's Been Like That.

[@zanitzeuken]

by all means, keep voting more uniparty members that focus on race and taxation.

[@kingleo8422]

But they don’t want whyte children to feel bad for teaching CRT because it will show their parents and grand parents committing these heinous and nefarious acts. CRT WILL BE TOUGHT IN THE STREETS ✊🏾✊🏾

[@WithoutJustice]

For learning purposes, why do you want "whyte children" to feel bad"?🏴

[@tneita3166]

​@@WithoutJustice Why don't you want "TRUE" History to be teach in school,, just asking,,,.

[@WithoutJustice]

@@tneita3166 "King Leo" made a typical right wing false assertion that CRT (Critical Race Theory) is taught to children in the schools. He spoke of how "they", whoever that is, "don't want whyte children to feel bad". He alluded to the "streets". I asked, "why do you want "whyte children to feel bad."

[@WithoutJustice]

@@tneita3166 Now you ask me a question. For clarification, what is the definition of "true" history? I suspect, it is impossible to teach everything about any major field of study. 🏴

[@sandrajones1609]

It's hard to remove oneself from ones OWN reality and be objective. We attach judgement to everything. Good bad right wrong... remove feeling and focus on the BEHAVIOR... benefit or sacrifice...I think many HAVE made calculated choice's resulting in (acceptable casualties?😢). All boils down to CLASS. The Caste System is pretty much Royal Rule and it is a SINGLE Seat (puppet head) world wide.... where is the Puppet Master ?

[@deeone5326]

No we aren’t going back. Be prepared to die. - an old lady.❤🎉😢

[@j.nguemaakumu1853]

And then don't come to Africa for our Raw Material you are luck of 🫵🏾

[@Cws2023]

What a beautiful women!! She has such a warm heart

[@leealexander3507]

Although I only heard about it from a distance and I was very young I still have trouble dealing with the memory. They were children my age and older.

[@stevewankman8160]

Sad

[@cherylsibson2529]

Since Jully Black sang " On Native Land" which has been a long road to freedom since D Day, Many Black Canadians who live in Nova Scotia are Canadian-born and can trace their roots back to the Black Loyalists, Black Refugees from the War of 1812 or the Trelawny Maroons from Jamaica.Malcolm X on Front Page Challenge, 1965: CBC Archives | CBC was a good interview.

[@leopickett7733]

The height of hate and violence against our kids and their unusual and brave reaction to the circumstances. God was with them

[@northwestlife2794]

Thank you for your service Janice.♥️

[@RebeccaTreeseed]

I remember this, I was in third grade, and it shocked me. I had never seen a black person, but they were kids my age and the black part wasn't what mattered. It changed my life.

[@makuohua3071]

Touching Traumatic pain lifetime .

[@petermorton301]

The one thing we did right was the day we started to fight keep your eye on the prize hold on.

[@YEM955]

THIS MAKE ME CRY SO BAD IT DOES SOMETHING TO ME GLORY GLORY GLORY GLORY TO GOD 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 I GET IRATE I READ UP ON THIS 2015

[@shellimendoza7332]

RIP little children 😢 ✝️

[@deeone5326]

Thank you❤

[@ec021pgo2]

Reparations for FBAs must be paid by the u.s. federal government

[@zanitzeuken]

how are you going to make black taxpayers pay for their own reparations?

[@ec021pgo2]

@@zanitzeuken Same way you saw taxpayers u.s. government pay out those stimulus checks, bailout for troubled banks, on going $millions to Ukraine, etc..

[@zanitzeuken]

@@ec021pgo2 so taxpayers essentially were given back the tax money they paid in. how does that work with reparations? bailouts to companies, essentially given back their own money spent in taxes and or at the expense of all tax payers regardless of color. Ukraine, foreign aid. we can distinguish a national from a non-national. how do you go about paying a specific group of people and are you ok with them being paid their own money?

[@ec021pgo2]

@@zanitzeuken Easy, however taxpayers u.s. government fund Ukraine same on reparations for FBAs without no congressional hassle.

[@zanitzeuken]

@@ec021pgo2 it's not a question of the money or how the gov't acquires it that i'm posing to you, it's a question of who's money.

[@estherphelps3606]

What has changed in Alabama

[@taraMimi717]

Nothing within the last 51 years of my life

[@zanitzeuken]

TN now imports patients to AL. kids seeking trans-care.

[@after-lifeadvice7067]

That's a little boy 😢 Man's looking 44 out there, he's taller than the very cops using him as a rag doll

[@dawndavid3329]

It is the work of the devil

[@jo-annerichardson34]

It's the work of man's inhumanity to man.

[@armystrong2006]

i was 1 yr old at that time the stories from my parents and grandparents my great grandmother told us how you have to stay on your side and how some got lynch wrong place wrong town

[@johngreen6421]

We need to stand up to racism. We need to bring all people of all races to unite and put an end to this new wave of racism. Voting and protesting peacefully and civil. All the work to put it to an end never really happened. Its happening now. Racism is evil and is working against the time we all should be working on making this precious planet to be a better world to live in.

[@zanitzeuken]

let me ask you a serious question: when you tell the kids race is important, race matters, race is paramount, race is who you are - why are you surprised when ALL the kids start acting in the interest of their own race?

[@armandoromero5661]

I'm curious what a young Jeff Sessions was during these horrific days in Alabama. He is too racist even for present day Alabama

[@kp6215]

Amen

[@vinniecasqer840]

The idea that mass media is there to inform average people is post moden folklore.

[@zanitzeuken]

100% agreed. it's a mouthpiece for the gov't

[@Gregory-yk4wx]

Thank you four young ladies for your sacrifice GONE FROM US but NEVER NEVER NEVER forgotten not only them but for ALL Those who suffered on Our Behalf .

[@petermorton301]

May my beloved brother MLK soul rest in peace and may peace and blessings be upon his family preaching from behind bars keep teach brother am still listening to thy faith.

[@jonitatate7538]

Play the videos all over the world keep showing the videos this what evil looks like!!! It’s in their heart!!!!!!!🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@carlkaufman2429]

I remember watching this all happen on TV at the time. I light a yahrzeit candle for MLK every year, but it's also for all those who have given everything to fight this injustice. I try to have hope today, but it is hard to do.

[@Spico_]

KZbin should be pushing this video via the algorithm more, at least during the month of May.

[@zanitzeuken]

fun, huh? that's the only reason i'm here.

[@richardhoward9470]

Black and Brown people are still dealing with this today. It won't end in todays America.😢

[@ppastrana1672]

Yes it will if we stand up and be together. It has to be shown that it is not acceptable and we have to stand together and stand strong.

[@bootnazz1786]

I don't know about brown

[@nickl2274]

I was going to say the same thing I don't know why you put Brown if brown people really don't go through the racism that black people go through on a day-to-day basis black people have it the worse but regardless every other group has it it's the white people who are demonic

[@johnrussell1881]

From the police in Birmingham to the police in Beijing. May the legacy of your cruelties and brutalities echo through the corridors of your souls.

[@zanitzeuken]

you've defined humanity, fren

[@azizabahati7037]

So thankful for EVERYONE THAT STOOD so I could have the choice to stand today!!! Bless!!!

[@samcrawford9556]

Respectfully, I would remind the audience that our Palestinians families are suffering even worst Treatment from the Israelis. When are we marching again.

[@zanitzeuken]

my friend, look up the Progressive Stack and where what goes in which order. could save a life.

[@duggyfresh28]

I just love to hear Angela Davis speak 😍

[@airons1895]

I was 4 years old when this happened and I remember "witnessing" the horror of it all. That's why I was able to recognize my first personal racist experience in NJ. I was around 7 or 8! In reverse, how many "white children" can say the same? My experience being a Black child and now in Amerikkka as Black person is NOT unique!

[@dewittreeve4345]

As I watch this I think back to THAT when I was 16 old.

[@Preston-bi1vc]

The Photo of dog attacking, we can Cleary see Police Officers Arm Bent back The strain trying to hold pull dog away. Bad time in history Why lie.

[@mr-peabody]

00:00:48 The Foot Soldier of Birmingham | Revisionist History | Malcolm Gladwell "The picture, taken in the midst of one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous marches, might be the most iconic photograph of the civil rights movement. But few have ever bothered to ask the people in the famous photograph what they think happened that day. It’s more complicated than it looks."

[@higherfrequency1151]

This is American History🎯 ....Love & light to these little girls, all the children/ their families & everyone who fought (and still fight) for peace & equality🙏🏽✨♥️

[@judithcampbell1705]

Cold and calculating. Thats what those cops were. I grew up in the south and know very well how badly black people were treated. You couldn't even walk down the street with a black man and not get yelled at from passing cars. When will people ever learn?

[@TraveisaBlue]

Thank you

[@teddydavis2339]

DeSantis would have loved to witness this attack on black people's rights.

[@reneem3895]

Trump & Tucker too.

[@thecatthinks]

"Sixty years ago today is known as “D-Day” in Birmingham, Alabama...." I live in Birmingham, AL and have never heard it referred to as "D-Day."

[@adacasas511]

We shall overcome And we shall never forget!