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Historic crimes & investigations · 15 September 1963Open article references →
The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
16th Street Baptist Church · United States
Why editors use it hereReferenced overview of the bombing, victims, civil-rights context, investigations, trials, and memorial.
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On Sunday morning, 15 September 1963, Ku Klux Klan members bombed Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church, a center of civil-rights organizing.
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Trigger and conditions
Bombers placed dynamite beneath exterior steps beside the church basement.
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Uncertainty
Four Klan members are generally identified as responsible; Herman Cash died without being charged, and evidence about each man's role varies.
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Why it matters
The attack targeted children, worship, and organizing in order to terrorize a whole movement.
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