The 1963 children’s crusade changed history. During the children’s crusade, young people swarmed in to redirect the arc of history. Police use hoses on protesters during the Birmingham children’s crusade, when hundreds of students took to the streets to protest segregation. A little more than a month after the children’s crusade, Alabama Gov. But the Douglas high school students who survived a mass shooting last week are motivated by the same idealism and hope that inspired Birmingham’s school kids.

Source: Washington Post February 20, 2018 16:36 UTC