bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/bombing_of_16th_Street_Baptist_Church
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:crime
gptkb:terrorist_attack
gptkbp:casualties gptkb:Addie_Mae_Collins
gptkb:Carole_Robertson
gptkb:Cynthia_Wesley
gptkb:Denise_McNair
4
gptkbp:commemorates gptkb:16th_Street_Baptist_Church_National_Historic_Landmark
memorials and annual services
gptkbp:date 1963-09-15
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church
gptkbp:injuries at least 14
gptkbp:investigatedBy gptkb:FBI
gptkbp:location gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama,_United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage national and international attention
gptkbp:motive gptkb:racism
opposition to civil rights movement
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Bobby_Frank_Cherry
gptkb:Robert_Chambliss
gptkb:Thomas_Blanton
Ku Klux Klan
Herman Frank Cash (suspected, not convicted)
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Birmingham_campaign
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:significance catalyst for Civil Rights Act of 1964
gptkbp:target gptkb:16th_Street_Baptist_Church
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Ku_Klux_Klan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7