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Birmingham civil rights campaign begins (Project C)

Local civil rights organizations and the SCLC launched coordinated sit-ins, marches, and boycotts in Birmingham, Alabama, to challenge segregation.

Birmingham civil rights campaign begins (Project C)

The campaign escalated national attention on segregation and placed growing pressure on the Kennedy administration to address civil-rights unrest and federal enforcement of civil rights laws.

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