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SUMMARY:16th Street Baptist Church bombing
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20250915
DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20250916
DTSTAMP:20260430T133015
CATEGORIES:Civil Rights Events
LOCATION:Birmingham\, Alabama
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\nThe 16th Street Baptist
Church bombing occurred on September 15, 1963, in Birmingham, Alabama, dur
ing the Civil Rights Movement. Ku Klux Klan members planted a bomb at the
predominantly African American church, a key meeting place for civil right
s leaders. The explosion killed four girls - Addie Mae Collins, Denise McN
air, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley - and injured many others. The a
ttack shocked the nation, drawing attention to the violent resistance to d
esegregation and helping to galvanize support for the Civil Rights Act of
1964. Decades later, surviving perpetrators were tried and convicted.
\
n
DESCRIPTION:The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing occurred on September 15
\, 1963\, in Birmingham\, Alabama\, during the Civil Rights Movement. Ku K
lux Klan members planted a bomb at the predominantly African American chur
ch\, a key meeting place for civil rights leaders. The explosion killed fo
ur girls - Addie Mae Collins\, Denise McNair\, Carole Robertson\, and Cynt
hia Wesley - and injured many others. The attack shocked the nation\, draw
ing attention to the violent resistance to desegregation and helping to ga
lvanize support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Decades later\, survivin
g perpetrators were tried and convicted.\n\n
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