describe the reaction of the city?
Bull Connor obtained an injunction barring the protests and raised the bail bond for those arrested; Incoming mayor Albert Boutwell called King and the SCLC organizers "strangers" whose only purpose in Birmingham was "to stir inter-racial discord".
Birmingham campaign
On April 10, 1963, Bull Connor obtained an injunction barring the protests and subsequently raised bail bond for those arrested from $200 to $1,500 ($ to $ in 2020). Fred Shuttlesworth called the injunction a "flagrant denial of our constitutional rights" and organizers prepared to defy the order. The decision to ignore the injunction had been made during the planning stage of the campaign. King and the SCLC had obeyed court injunctions in their Albany protests and reasoned that obeying them contributed to the Albany campaign's lack of success. In a press release they explained, "We are now confronted with recalcitrant forces in the Deep South that will use the courts to perpetuate the unjust and illegal systems of racial separation". Incoming mayor Albert Boutwell called King and the SCLC organizers "strangers" whose only purpose in Birmingham was "to stir inter-racial discord". Connor promised, "You can rest assured that I will fill the jail full of any persons violating the law as l
when did the birmingham campaign start and end 1963 what is the campaign about? To bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham was one of the most racially divided cities. Black citizens faced legal and economic disparities, and violent retribution when they attempted to draw attention to their problems. who was leading the campaign? Martin Luther King Jr., James Bevel, Fred Shuttlesworth and others what kind of impact did the campaign have? It led to an awakening to the evils of segregation and a need for reforms in the region; The 'rules of the game' in race relations were permanently changed in Birmingham; was the first aforementioned person leading the campaign arrested during the campaign? Yes - he was held in the Birmingham jail and was denied a consultation with an attorney from the NAACP without guards present.
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Birmingham campaign [SEP] City reaction
On April 10, 1963, Bull Connor obtained an injunction barring the protests and subsequently raised bail bond for those arrested from $200 to $1,500 ($ to $ in 2020). Fred Shuttlesworth called the injunction a "flagrant denial of our constitutional rights" and organizers prepared to defy the order. The decision to ignore the injunction had been made during the planning stage of the campaign. King and the SCLC had obeyed court injunctions in their Albany protests and reasoned that obeying them contributed to the Albany campaign's lack of success. In a press release they explained, "We are now confronted with recalcitrant forces in the Deep South that will use the courts to perpetuate the unjust and illegal systems of racial separation".