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16th street Baptist church bombing
On September 15, 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama a bomb exploded in the 16th Street Baptist Church. The bombing will be split into three groups, Birmingham before the bombing, the bombing, and after the bombing. To begin with we will start in Birmingham, a little before the bomb was set off.
The city Birmingham, Alabama was founded in 1871, and became the state's most important industrial and commercial center, the problem was, it was also one of America’s most racially segregated cities. Birmingham also had one of the strongest and most violent chapters of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Also in the spring of 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for leading a non violent protest. Later after that something exploded in a baptist church in 1963.
Before we learn about the bombing here is some information on the church. The church was a place for black people meetings. Most protests also began at the steps of the church. On September 15, 1963 in Birmingham a bomb exploded in the 16th street baptist church. The bomb that was exploded killed four young girls (14-year-old Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley and Carole Robertson and 11-year-old Denise McNair) and also injured many other people. 200 people were in the building, most were attending Sunday school. The bomb exploded first on the East side, then Bricks sprayed through the building. Now that we know what happened we can go to Birmingham church after the bomb.
After the bomb black people were devastated. The church bombing was the third bombing in eleven days. After the bombing thousands of angry black protesters came to the scene of the bombing of the church. When the governor sent the police to the scene to break everything up, violence broke out. During the violence two men were killed (one by the police) and many others were hurt. The people who did the bombing were immediately suspected, but were not brought to justice for alittle over a decade. Later, Alabama Attorney General Bob Baxley reopened the investigation and Klan leader Robert E. Chambliss was brought to trial for the bombings and convicted of murder. While in jail Chambliss later died in 1985.
Even though the Church Bombing wasn’t brought to justice for a very long time, it still left a very big impact on many peoples lives around America. This article went Through Birmingham before the bombing, the bombing, and after the bombing. Over all the church bombing was a very big part of the civil rights movement and everyone should know what happened to many people in the church.
The city Birmingham, Alabama was founded in 1871, and became the state's most important industrial and commercial center, the problem was, it was also one of America’s most racially segregated cities. Birmingham also had one of the strongest and most violent chapters of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Also in the spring of 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for leading a non violent protest. Later after that something exploded in a baptist church in 1963.
Before we learn about the bombing here is some information on the church. The church was a place for black people meetings. Most protests also began at the steps of the church. On September 15, 1963 in Birmingham a bomb exploded in the 16th street baptist church. The bomb that was exploded killed four young girls (14-year-old Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley and Carole Robertson and 11-year-old Denise McNair) and also injured many other people. 200 people were in the building, most were attending Sunday school. The bomb exploded first on the East side, then Bricks sprayed through the building. Now that we know what happened we can go to Birmingham church after the bomb.
After the bomb black people were devastated. The church bombing was the third bombing in eleven days. After the bombing thousands of angry black protesters came to the scene of the bombing of the church. When the governor sent the police to the scene to break everything up, violence broke out. During the violence two men were killed (one by the police) and many others were hurt. The people who did the bombing were immediately suspected, but were not brought to justice for alittle over a decade. Later, Alabama Attorney General Bob Baxley reopened the investigation and Klan leader Robert E. Chambliss was brought to trial for the bombings and convicted of murder. While in jail Chambliss later died in 1985.
Even though the Church Bombing wasn’t brought to justice for a very long time, it still left a very big impact on many peoples lives around America. This article went Through Birmingham before the bombing, the bombing, and after the bombing. Over all the church bombing was a very big part of the civil rights movement and everyone should know what happened to many people in the church.
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