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The Birmingham, Alabama Church Bombing That Killed Four Black Schoolgirls

Summary by DannyDutch
On the morning of Sunday 15 September 1963, an anonymous phone call to the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, delivered a chilling warning: "Three minutes." The call was answered by 15-year-old Sunday School secretary Carolyn Maull. Less than sixty seconds later, a bomb, rigged with at least 15 sticks of dynamite, exploded under the church’s east side steps. It was Youth Day. In the basement, five girls were changing into choir r…
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DannyDutch broke the news in on Sunday, June 8, 2025.
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