Why did the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) choose to protest in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963?

A. Bull Connor, the town’s commissioner of public safety, was sympathetic to the civil rights movement.
B. Freedom rides had been particularly successful there.
C. It was convenient for Martin Luther King’s church congregation.
D. The SCLC wanted to provoke harsh treatment by Bull Connor, the town’s commissioner of public safety.

The Birmingham Campaign was a movement led in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) which sought to bring national attention of the efforts of local black leaders to desegregate public facilities in Birmingham, Alabama. ... When that campaign stalled, the ACMHR asked SCLC to help.

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