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16th Street Baptist Church bombing
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The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. The bombing was committed by a white supremacist terrorist group. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan (KKK) chapter planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the church.
The four girls murdered in the bombing (clockwise from top left): Addie Mae Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Carol Denise
The four girls murdered in the bombing (clockwise from top left): Addie Mae Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Carol Denise McNair (11)
The 16th Street Baptist Church in 2005. The steps beneath which the bomb was planted can be seen in the foreground.
The 16th Street Baptist Church in 2005. The steps beneath which the bomb was planted can be seen in the foreground.
Congress of Racial Equality and members of the All Souls Church march in memory of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing victims on September 22, 196
Congress of Racial Equality and members of the All Souls Church march in memory of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing victims on September 22, 1963
Funeral program for Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, and Carol Denise McNair
Funeral program for Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, and Carol Denise McNair
Birmingham, Alabama
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Birmingham is a city in the north central region of Alabama. Birmingham is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2022 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 196,910, down 2% from the 2020 census, making it Alabama's third-most populous city after Huntsville and Montgomery. The broader Birmingham metropolitan area had a 2020 population of 1,115,289, and is the largest metropolitan area in Alabama as well as the 50th-most populous in the United States. Birmingham serves as an important regional hub and is associated with the Deep South, Piedmont, and Appalachian regions of the nation.
Image: Birmingham cityscape view 2010
Image: Birmingham cityscape view 2010
Image: 16th Street Baptist Church
Image: 16th Street Baptist Church
Image: Birmingham City Hall (Alabama)
Image: Birmingham City Hall (Alabama)
Image: Alabama Theatre
Image: Alabama Theatre