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    Birmingham Church Bombing 1963 By: ???????? Birmingham was then the most segregated city in America and had the longest history of aggressive racial violence. Birmingham was called “Bombingham” by people in the civil rights movement because there was this long chain of unsolved bombings on black’s homes. Much of violence was perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan. The 16th Street Baptist Church was a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham. From the steps of the church‚ several black marchers

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    struggles‚ and was probably at its highest point during the Civil Rights Movement. In 1963Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ when four girls were killed from a bomb‚ it wasn’t an uncommon event. Not only did this bomb murder four young girls‚ it also added to the continued racial relations in the South. Even though the bombing wasn’t positive‚ it led to the social and religious freedoms of all races today. Schools in Birmingham had recently been desegregated so violence between segregationists and blacks were

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    Birmingham Church Bombing “Blast Kills Four Children…”! It was in all the newspapers and everybody was talking about it. The Birmingham Church Bombing may not have been the first bombing over race‚ but it was the first that killed. This horrible event took the lives of four little girls and injured many more. This bombing demonstrated just how bad racial tensions truly had gotten‚ especially in Alabama. Michele Norris is one of the great authors that actually wrote about the Birmingham Church

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    The 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing was a crucial event in the city of Birmingham‚ Alabama. During the civil rights movement‚ it was a very racist time period. It consisted of the KKK‚ the separation of blacks and whites‚ and of course the church bombing. Birmingham was a main part of the Civil Rights movement‚ Sixteenth Baptist Church was the organized place for the blacks. On September 15‚ 1963‚ in Birmingham‚ a bomb exploded on 16th street Baptist Church at 10:22 A.M. During a Sunday school

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    Michael Reynolds English 101 001 Dr. Roger West May 13‚ 2013 The sixteenth street Baptist church in Birmingham‚ Alabama used for meetings to protesting the cities unwillingness to desegregate it’s public schools on September 15 1963 a bomb exploded during Sunday school killing Denise McNair‚ Caroline Robertson‚ Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins‚ it would be fourteen years before anyone was even charged with the crime and many more before all were brought to justice. On that same day Governor

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    On September 15th‚ 1963‚ a bomb exploded at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham‚ Alabama. The floor of the church collapsed. A Sunday school session was under way and four children were in the church basement preparing for the service. Four girls died Denise McNair‚ aged 11‚ Addie Mae Collins‚ Cynthia Wesley and Carol Robertson‚ all aged 14. Many others were injured as well. No one was initially arrested for this crime even though the authorities suspected four men within days of the

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    children of Birmingham 1963 and the turning point of the civil rights movement is a video that explains what happened to black people in the 60’s. Photographs from the 60’s show how the fireman were spraying black people with water hoses that tore their shirt and hair out of their scalp. 1963 Birmingham civil rights campaign Barbara Sylvia shores is a video about a women that was living in the civil rights movement that is telling her story and how she felt. The letter from Birmingham Jail is a letter

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    Movement: Birmingham 1963 In the 1950’s and ‘60’s‚ the Civil Rights Movement spread to many cities that segregated African-Americans and Whites under Jim Crow Laws. One of the cities‚ in fact the most segregated in the United States‚ Birmingham‚ was experiencing the one of the most serious events throughout the Civil Rights Movement‚ including protests‚ bombings‚ killings‚ and of course‚ lots of segregation. As Birmingham was the

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    Birmingham Bombing On 16th street Baptist church a bomb went of. The church collapsed and four people were killed‚ under the name of Tomas Edwin Blanton‚ Jr.‚ Robert Edward Chambliss‚ Bobby Frank Cher‚ and Herman Frank Chach. When these people were killed‚ they were near the stairs of the church. This was where the dynamite was located. An Anonymous person called and said “5 min”. Less than 1 minute later the dynamite blew up. The Bomb went off at 10:22 AM. The explosion was so big that the 4 people

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    numerous bombings of churches and homes of African-Americans and their sympathizers. Just over two weeks after Dr. King’s inspiring speech in Washington‚ a horrific act shocked a city and a nation at its core. For many years Birmingham had been terrorized by violence inflicted by a white supremacists group called the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)‚ often times without any fear of prosecution for their crimes. Theophilus “Bull” Connor was the Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham during the

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