 Anorangarirwa navakawanda muBirmingham somunhu ane mwero pakuvamba kworudzi rwokururamisira kwavagari vemo, Boutwell akasarudzwa kuva nhengo yeGuta reKomisheni musi waApril 2, 1963; akasarudzwa kuva Mutungamiriri weKomisheni, yakaenzana meya pasi pesangano iroro. Kusarudzwa kwake kwakaratidzwa sokurambwa kwomupepeti worusaruraganda Eugene Bull Connor. Connor akarondedzera kurasikirwa kwake nemavhoti 7.982 kuvhoti yeNegro bloc vote yevanhu 10 000; uye chaizvoizvo Fred Shuttlesworth akanga adzorera kuratidzira kukuru kweBirmingham Campaign kusvikira mushure mesarudzo. Tsamba yaMartin Luther King Jr. yaApril 1963 Tsamba kubva kuBirmingham Jail yakanyorerwa Boutwell; King akanga asungwa musi weChishanu chakanaka mushure mekunge Boutwell apika kuti asunge, asunge uye arange chero munhu anovhiringidza runyararo nekuchengeteka kwevanhu. Muchokwadi, Connor, dhadha rinokamhina, akasangana nokuratidzira ikoko aine imbwa dzemapurisa nemapombi okudzima moto, uye vatungamiriri vesangano racho navanamuzvinabhizimisi veBirmingham vakazivisa rugare musi waMay 10. Gare gare gore iroro, Boutwell akazivisa kuti kubatanidzwa kwechikoro kwakanga kusiri mufariro yavana. Akanga ari muhofisi nokuda kwokumanikidzirwa kubatanidzwa kwezvikoro zveBirmingham neNational Guard uye kubhombacheChechi yeBaptist ye16th Street, iyo yakauraya vasikana vaduku vana. 