Sins of the Father is a 2002 American crime drama television film directed by Robert Dornhelm and written by John Pielmeier. It is based on an article by Pamela Colloff published in the April 2000 iss
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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 the white supremacist terro
Sins of the Father (2002 film)
…and written by John Pielmeier. It is based on an article by Pamela Colloff published in the April 2000 issue of Texas Monthly, chronicling the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, in which four young African-American girls were killed while attending Sunday school. The victims were Addie Mae Collins, 14…
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.