This is actually an oral presentation‚ enhanced with visuals. Today I will discuss the horrific incident that took place in 1963 at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham‚ Alabama. It has been proven that members of the white supremisist group the Ku Klux Klan bombed the African American church‚ which was an organisational centre for Civil Rights groups such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). High profile civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King Jr‚ and Ralph
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The 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing was a crucial event in the city of Birmingham‚ Alabama. During the civil rights movement‚ it was a very racist time period. It consisted of the KKK‚ the separation of blacks and whites‚ and of course the church bombing. Birmingham was a main part of the Civil Rights movement‚ Sixteenth Baptist Church was the organized place for the blacks. On September 15‚ 1963‚ in Birmingham‚ a bomb exploded on 16th street Baptist Church at 10:22 A.M. During a Sunday school
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racial relations in the South. Even though the bombing wasn’t positive‚ it led to the social and religious freedoms of all races today. Schools in Birmingham had recently been desegregated so violence between segregationists and blacks were high. This meant that all African Americans were in danger when walking down the street‚ grocery shopping‚ and even children walking to and from school. In Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ the 16th Street Baptist Church was not only where many civil rights meeting were
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Birmingham Church Bombing 1963 By: ???????? Birmingham was then the most segregated city in America and had the longest history of aggressive racial violence. Birmingham was called “Bombingham” by people in the civil rights movement because there was this long chain of unsolved bombings on black’s homes. Much of violence was perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan. The 16th Street Baptist Church was a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham. From the steps of the church‚ several black marchers
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Sunday September 15‚ 1963 The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church a black church in Birmingham‚ Alabama was bombed. Four young girls by the names of Addie Mae Collins 14‚ Cynthia Wesley 14‚ Carole Robertson 14‚ and Denise McNair 11 who decided to attend church that morning were killed by the explosion while attending Sunday school class and twenty-three adults and children were injured ("Ballad of Birmingham"). Whoever would have thought a good day in church could turn into such a tragedy before service
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But the joy and excitement of the triumphs was short-lived in the city that was dubbed “Bombingham” due to the numerous bombings of churches and homes of African-Americans and their sympathizers. Just over two weeks after Dr. King’s inspiring speech in Washington‚ a horrific act shocked a city and a nation at its core. For many years Birmingham had been terrorized by violence inflicted by a white supremacists group called the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)‚ often times without any fear of prosecution for their
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Michael Reynolds English 101 001 Dr. Roger West May 13‚ 2013 The sixteenth street Baptist church in Birmingham‚ Alabama used for meetings to protesting the cities unwillingness to desegregate it’s public schools on September 15 1963 a bomb exploded during Sunday school killing Denise McNair‚ Caroline Robertson‚ Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins‚ it would be fourteen years before anyone was even charged with the crime and many more before all were brought to justice. On that same day Governor
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16th Street Baptist Church by: Reece Baxter On September fifteenth 1963‚ at 10:22 A.M‚ Sunday school was being held at at a local Birmingham church. The address was 16th street Sunday school was being held there. Over two-hundred members were attending this event‚ and many threats were said before the bombing. This is where most civil rights meetings were being held at the time. The Sunday service started at eleven o’clock that morning. The bomb was
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The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing On September 15th‚ 1963‚ a white man was seen getting out of a white and turquoise Chevrolet car and placing a box under the steps of the 16th Street Baptist Church. At around 10:30 there was an explosion killing four young girls. The victims of this tragedy were Denise McNair who was 11 years old‚ Addie Mae Collins who was 14‚ Carole Robertson who was 14 and Cynthia Wesley who was also 14. These four girls were attending Sunday school classes at the church
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response to the 1963 bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham‚ Alabama. The poem depicts a young girl who wanted to go to the Freedom March instead of playing outside. The mother of the child refused to allow her to go to the Freedom March because it was too dangerous‚ instead sending her to church. There was a loud explosion heard everywhere‚ the mother was scared and worry about her daughter. She looked for her daughter‚ and found the shoe her daughter wore to church‚ and knew at that
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