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 the white supremacist terro
The four girls murdered in the bombing (clockwise from top left): Carol Denise McNair (11), Carole Robertson (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), and Addie Mae Collins (14)
The 16th Street Baptist Church, seen here in 2005
The aftermath of the bombing, taken from inside the church and depicting the hole caused by the explosion.
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.
Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr.
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Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. was an American domestic terrorist. He was sentenced to four life sentences for his role as conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, on Se
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
…The 1965 investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation determined the bombing had been committed by four known KKK members and segregationists: Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., Herman Frank Cash, Robert Edward Chambliss, and Bobby Frank Cherry. However, it was not until 1977 that the first suspect, Robert Chambliss, was…
Undated mug shot of Blanton taken by the Alabama Department of Corrections