Civil rights leaders knew the power of photographs. They encouraged photographers to document the brutality that peaceful demonstrators faced. The children's March in Birmingham produced some of the most powerful images of the entire civil rights movement.
In May 1963, LIFE magazine published 11 pages of photos showing what was happening in Birmingham. The most famous showed teenagers being sprayed by high-pressure fire hoses. They showed police dogs lunging at young people. Martin Luther King Jr., said of the LIFE photos, "The brutality... was caught, as a fugitive from a penitentiary is often caught, in gigantic circling spotlights," He said the photographs revealed "the naked truth to the whole world"
which of the following us a strong inference that can be made based on the text?
Protestors in the Children's March faced the most brutality from the police.
Pictures excite feelings in people in ways that few other things do.
Martin Luther King, Jr., took photos that were printed in LIFE.
Police offers wanted photographers to capture the protests.
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The strong inference that can be made based on the text is:
Protestors in the Children's March faced the most brutality from the police.
This inference is supported by the mention of the powerful images produced during the Birmingham Children's March, as well as the reference to the brutality faced by peaceful demonstrators. The excerpt highlights the dramatic scenes captured in the photographs, indicating the severity of the situation the protestors faced.
