Jim Baggett, a Birmingham historian and former archivist for the city, says, “This bombing was done in retaliation for the integration of schools. Also, 16th Street had become a symbol of the movement ...
September 15, 1963 – A bomb blast at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, kills four African-American girls during church services. At least 14 others are injured in the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — This Black History Month, students at South Hampton K-8 School in Birmingham had the chance to take part ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A bomb planted by members of the Ku Klux Klan exploded inside 16th Street Baptist Church 62 years ago ...
2002-05-23 04:00:00 PDT Birmingham, Ala.-- When the crime was committed, when four girls lay blasted to death in the shattered basement of the 16th Street Baptist Church, Bobby Frank Cherry was young ...
Introduction -- Timeline -- Too great a burden to bear -- Highway in and halfway out -- The strong one -- The bomb heard 'round the world -- Life is but a vapor -- Four little coffins -- The aftermath ...
On September 15, 1963, the Ku Klux Klan carried out a bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church. On September 15, 1963, a bombing carried out by members of the Ku Klux Klan at the 16th Street Baptist ...
House and Senate leaders on Tuesday awarded Congress’ highest civilian honor to four girls killed in the Alabama church bombing nearly 50 years ago that became a watershed moment in the civil rights ...
Rosetta “Rose” Hughes never forgot the shift she worked at Birmingham’s University Hospital in the fall of 1963. Klansmen had bombed Sixteenth Street Baptist Church downtown. A little girl was brought ...