Birmingham Uprising

The Birmingham Uprising was an uprising in the city of Birmingham, Alabama, USA in protest of racial segregation in 1963.
== Background ==
The civil rights movement had failed to achieve legal equality between black and white people after months of nonviolent protests. After a bombing by white supremacists destroyed a black home and black businesses. Riots in the city of Birmingham began.
== Tactics ==
Thousands of black people rioted, seizing control of a 9 block area, destroying police cars, injuring several cops (including the chief inspector), and burning down white-owned businesses.Peter Gelderloos (2007) How Nonviolence Protects the State https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-how-nonviolence-protects-the-state
== Results ==
By the end of the uprising, President Kennedy was pleading for Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act.
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