It continues its commitment to nonviolent action to achieve social, economic, and political justice and is currently focused on issues such as racial profiling, police brutality, hate crimes, and discrimination. ... The scale of protest and police brutality of the Birmingham Campaign created a new level of visibility for the civil rights movement and contributed to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. ... Their demonstrations were met with arrests, assault by fire hoses and police dogs, and imprisonment. ...

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After further protest of the ridiculous law, the bus driver called the police and Rosa was taken away in hand cuffs. ... The violence and brutality that had been started by mayor Bull Connor's police also helped their effort. ...

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