 Bevel and the SCLC held workshops to help students overcome their fear of dogs and jails . They showed films of the Nashville sit @-@ ins organized in 1960 to end segregation at public lunch counters . Birmingham 's black radio station , <unk> , supported the new plan by telling students to arrive at the demonstration meeting place with a toothbrush to be used in jail . Flyers were distributed in black schools and neighborhoods that said , " Fight for freedom first then go to school " and " It 's up to you to free our teachers , our parents , yourself , and our country . " 
