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>> king very wisely sees an opportunity to give more exposure to the civil rights movement and prod the kennedy administration. >> martin luther king decided that they should have major demonstrations only in areas that local law enforcement would react violently. >> do you think you can keep birmingham in the present situation of segregation? >> i may not be able to do it, but ill die trying. >> beau conner has a well-known identity as one of the hardest hardliners in defensive segregation. he ...

>> most of the pickets and the marchers were juveniles instead of the adults seen in previous protests. officers quickly moved in to make the arrests under the direction of commissioner beau conner. police overflowed juvenile hall with the youthful demonstrators. all kinds of vehicles had to be pressed into service to carry the negroes. cars, police paddywagons, later in the day, school buses. the sheriffs department estimated upwards of 400 had been arrested. >> instead of 14 adults, you had 60...