The " Year of Birmingham " in 1963 highlighted racial issues in Alabama . Through the spring , there were marches and demonstrations to end legal segregation . The Movement 's achievements in settlement with the local business class were overshadowed by bombings and murders by the Ku Klux Klan , most notoriously in the deaths of four girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Southern strategy