16th Street Baptist Church Bombing By: vivian Hodges

After the desegregation of Birmingham public schools the Klu Klux Klan was furious. On September 1963 the Klu Klux Klan decided to rebel and put a bomb in the church on sixteenth street and set it to go off at 10:20. 4 girls died from falling debris and others were injured.

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"Congress of Racial Equality and members of the All Souls Church, Unitarian located in Washington, D.C. march in memory of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing victims. The banner, which says “No more Birminghams”, shows a picture of the aftermath of the bombing." Digital image. Luther Reads Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Luther Reads Letter from a Birmingham Jail, n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2017. <https://sites.google.com/a/luther.edu/luther-reads-letter-from-a-birmingham-jail/about/historical-context>.

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Herron, Matt. Martin Luther King, Jr., speaks at the funeral for Carole Denise McNair, 14, Addie Mae Collins, 14, and Cynthia Dianne Wesley, 14, three of the four girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. King said, "At times life is hard, as hard as crucible steel." Eight thousand people attended funeral. Digital image. Time. Time, n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2017. <http://nation.time.com/2013/09/12/the-bombing-of-the-16th-street-baptist-church/photo/etks1810930/>.

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