simplification and division</a> </span><span>to compare the people who opposed the 2018 student walkouts against gun violence to the people who had opposed children marching against segregation in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963. The <a href=https://www.newseumed.org/tools/artifact/"/tools/artifact/childrens-crusade-begins-1963-1-2">Children's March or Crusade</a> </span><span> involved hundreds of children walking out of school to protest and drew national attention to racial injustice when the police responded with fire hoses and attack dogs. </span></p> <p><span>The image on the left in his tweet shows <a href=https://www.newseumed.org/tools/artifact/"https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/videos/students-at-marjory-stoneman-douglas-walk-out/10157022535483812/">ABC news footage</a> of students walking out of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., which inspired #NationalWalkoutDay. Students around the United States left school for 17 minutes on March 14, 2018, to remember the 17 students and teachers killed by a gunman at Stoneman Douglas and to advocate for gun control measures that could prevent future school shootings.&nbsp;In addition to tweeting, Kaine&nbsp;<a href=https://www.newseumed.org/tools/artifact/"/tools/artifact/dc-area-student-paper-covers-walkouts-2018">spoke to&nbsp;students participating in the National School Walkout</a> who brought their message to the Capitol steps.</span></p> " /> Senator Tweets Support for #NationalWalkoutDay, 2018 | NewseumED Skip Navigation
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Senator Tweets Support for #NationalWalkoutDay, 2018

Tim Kaine draws parallels between the student walkouts in 2018 and the Children's Crusade of 1963. He notes that those who opposed the latter are now condemned as being on the wrong side of history.

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March 14, 2018
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