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Civil Rights' most harrowing year

In 1963, racial tensions came to a head in Birmingham. The results changed the course of history.

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by Lauren Hansen
January 18, 2016

April 4

College student Dorothy Bell, 19, of Birmingham, Alabama, waits in a downtown lunch counter for service that never came. She was later arrested with 20 other demonstrators.

April 10

Al Hibbler, right, leads a line of sign-carrying demonstrators downtown.

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April 15

A police officer frisks a demonstrator following his arrest for an attempted sit-in at a downtown lunch counter.

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May 2

A 6-year-old girl waits for a policeman to take her name before she is led away to a police truck. More than 450 school children were arrested for protesting against racial discrimination.

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May 3

Young demonstrators sit on the sidewalk with hands behind their heads as high-pressure hoses are turned on their backs during a demonstration.

May 4

Police lead a group of young students to jail after they are arrested for protesting against racial discrimination near city hall.

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May 3

A 17-year-old civil rights demonstrator is attacked by a police dog.

May 5

Teenage girls sit around in clusters in a building at the city fairgrounds where they are being held as wards of the juvenile court.

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May 8

A young woman is sprayed by a fireman's hose as an anti-segregation march is broken up by police.

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July 25

A stream of water from a high-pressure hose hits demonstrators as they protested segregation measures in the city.

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Sept. 15

The blast from the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing damaged cars parked in the street and blew out the windows from the stores.

Sept. 17

The family of Carol Robertson, a 14-year-old girl killed in the church bombing, attend graveside services for her in Birmingham.

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