... 1963. In May 1963 King and his SCLC staff raised anti-segregation marches in Birmingham by encouraging teenagers and school children to join. Hundreds of singing children filled the streets of downtown Birmingham police officers were sent with attack dogs and firefighters with high-pressure water hoses against the marchers. Scenes of young protesters being attacked by dogs and pinned against buildings ... nation and the world, prompting riots in more than 100 United States cities in the days following King's death. After his death, King came to represent black courage and achievement, h...

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