When Martin Luther King, Jr., put children on the front lines of protest in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, the city's police commissioner ______________________.
A. allowed the march to proceed without incident
B. called out the Alabama National Guard to prevent the march
C. used powerful water guns and attack dogs against the protesters
D. lined the route of the march with Birmingham police to protect the children from violence
Answer: C
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