16th Street Baptist Church bombing

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The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a 1963 Ku Klux Klan terrorist attack on a Black church in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four African American girls and became a pivotal moment in the U.S. civil rights movement.

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instanceOf Ku Klux Klan attack
church bombing
hate crime
mass murder
racist attack
terrorist attack
aftermath helped build support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964
helped build support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965
category 1963 crimes in the United States
attacks on churches in the United States
racially motivated violence in the United States
city Birmingham
commemoratedBy 16th Street Baptist Church memorials
Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery
statue of the four girls in Birmingham
country United States
date 1963-09-15
day 15
dayOfWeek Sunday
FBIInvestigationName BAPBOMB
historicalPeriod civil rights movement
investigatingAgency Birmingham Police Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
KingResponse Martin Luther King Jr. sent a telegram to Alabama Governor George Wallace condemning the bombing
legalOutcome Bobby Cherry convicted of murder in 2002
Robert Chambliss convicted of murder in 1977
Thomas Blanton convicted of murder in 2001
location 16th Street Baptist Church
Birmingham, Alabama
mediaCoverage extensive national and international news coverage
memorialDay September 15
month September
motive opposition to the civil rights movement
white supremacy
notableCommentator Martin Luther King Jr.
numberOfFatalities 4
numberOfInjured at least 14
occasion Sunday school
perpetrator Bobby Frank Cherry
Herman Frank Cash
Robert Edward Chambliss
Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr.
perpetratorOrganization Ku Klux Klan
United Klans of America
linked to: Ku Klux Klan
publicReaction condemnation from civil rights leaders
widespread outrage in the United States
relatedEvent Birmingham campaign
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
relatedTo Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
significance galvanized national support for civil rights legislation
pivotal moment in the U.S. civil rights movement
state Alabama
target 16th Street Baptist Church
African American congregation
time about 10:22 a.m. Central Daylight Time
typeOfExplosive TNT
victim Addie Mae Collins
Carole Robertson
Cynthia Wesley
Denise McNair
victimGroup African American children
weapon dynamite
year 1963

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Claude Wesley associatedWithEvent 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Cynthia Wesley victimOf 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
subject linked to: Claude Wesley
Cynthia Wesley victimOf 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
subject linked to: Gertrude Wesley
Carole Robertson victimOf 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
subject linked to: Diane Robertson
Cynthia Dionne Morris causeOfDeath 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Cynthia Dionne Morris notableEvent 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Cynthia Dionne Morris significantEvent 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
linked to: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Mississippi Goddam inspiredBy 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Birmingham Sunday subject 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
subject linked to: song "Birmingham Sunday"
Sarah Jean Collins eventParticipantIn 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Sarah Jean Collins relativeKilledIn 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Chris McNair notableEvent 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
linked to: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Carol Denise McNair victimOf 16th Street Baptist Church bombing