1963.
Mart. 1963 also included the March on Washington, highlighted by Dr.
Medgar Evers was assassinated by a member of the KKK.
Police dogs and fire hoses were unleashed on adolescents in Birmingham, Alabama.
Four young girls were murdered in a church bombing.
Responses to protests were often met with brutality.
Centuries of racial oppression were confronted with peaceful protests challenging segregation laws.
It is a year stamped as one of the most turbulent during the Civil Rights movement. 1963