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Hundreds of students greet King at St. James Baptist Church
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Cheering students greet King at St James Baptist Church after they learned that Federal Judge Elbert Suttle had forbid the Scool Board from expelling any students.
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Major Events
May 1, 1963
King returns to Birmingham for new demonstrations
May 2, 1963
The Children’s Crusade begins in Birmingham
May 3, 1963
Hundreds of black children gather at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church for second march
May 5, 1963
King delivers Birmingham version of ‘’Paul’s Letter to American Christians’’ at EBC
May 9, 1963
King criticizes lack of Federal intervention, reaches agreement on 3 movement demands
May 13, 1963
King urges blacks to stay nonviolent
May 16, 1963
King found guilty of violating city injunction
May 20, 1963
The U.S. Supreme court finds segregation ordinances unconstitutional, making sit-ins legal
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