16th Street Baptist Church bombing
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Bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church | American Freedom Stories | Biography
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16th St. Baptist Church Bombing - 1963 | Today In History | 15 Sept 17
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Victims of 1963 church bombing remembered
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Condoleezza Rice on the 1963 Bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church
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MLK's 1963 eulogy after the Birmingham church bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was an act of white supremacist terrorism which occurred at the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter planted at least 15 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the church.
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Background
Bombing
Reactions and condemnation
Initial investigation
Resulting legislation
Formal reopening of investigation
Later prosecutions
Possible fifth conspirator
Aftermath
Media and memorials