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Change of Government 1963 Birmingham

Direct Action is a film that explores a pivotal story beyond the headlines during the civil rights turmoil that gripped Birmingham, Alabama between the years 1961-63. Local and national black activists rallied thousands of citizens in protests and boycotts against segregation while the shocked world looked on. Out of the public eye pragmatic businessman Sid Smyer fronted a reformist white business movement who met secretly with black leaders in support of gradual integration. But Birmingham officials led by Public Safety Commissioner “Bull” Connor thwarted their efforts by enacting and enforcing local segregation laws. Facing alienation from peers and hostility from the local government, Smyer, other businessmen and a small group of lawyers orchestrated the historic change in government that ousted Bull Connor with the other commissioners and helped dramatically alter Birmingham’s social-economic and political future.