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In 1963, the Civil Rights Movement faced some of the most brutal and visible acts of state-sanctioned violence in American history. Peaceful marchers in places like Birmingham, Alabama, were met with attack dogs, high-powered water hoses, and police batons simply for demanding equal rights under the law. Children, teenagers, and adults were jailed by the hundreds, and many were beaten or killed with little to no accountability. The images of young Black men and women being bitten by dogs or knoc