Birmingham Community Honors Victims on 62nd Anniversary of 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

Alabama leaders reflect on 16th Street Baptist Church bombing's anniversary

Alabama politicians and leaders called for communal remembrance, contemplation and action on the 62nd anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. 16th Street Baptist Church was established in 1873 and was the first Black church to organize in the city. The church was a key meeting place for organizers and activists during the Civil Rights Movement, which became the target of a racially motivated bombing on September 3, 1963, organized…

Birmingham community honors victims on 62nd anniversary of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A bomb planted by members of the Ku Klux Klan exploded inside 16th Street Baptist Church 62 years ago Monday, killing four young girls and becoming a turning point in the civil rights movement. The Birmingham community gathered Monday morning to honor the lives of 14-year-olds Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley, Addie Mae Collins and 11-year-old Denise McNair. Sarah Collins Rudolph, the sister of Collins, survived the att…

62 years later, the world remembers four little girls from Birmingham

By Victoria MejicanosAFRO Staff Writer On Sept. 15, 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., was bombed, killing four girls in the church’s basement and shocking the nation. Sixty-two years later, the attack is remembered as a turning point in the civil rights movement and a reminder of the role Black churches continue […] The post 62 years later, the world remembers four little girls from Birmingham appeared first on AFRO Ameri…

Birmingham remembers four girls killed in 1963 church bombing

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Sixty-two years ago, a racially motivated bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham claimed the lives of four young girls, mark

5 Little Girls And The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

Source: Pool / Getty Monday marks the 62nd anniversary of the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, an event that would become one of several turning points in the Civil Rights Movement, exposing the violent backlash to thriving Black communities. As we pause to remember the four little girls killed in the bombing, it’s important to also honor survivor Sarah Collins Rudolph.  The imagery of four little girls killed in a racist attack o…

Birmingham remembers four young victims of KKK church bombing on 62nd anniversary

A ceremony at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham honors the lives of four girls killed in a Ku Klux Klan bombing 62 years ago.