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Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombings
URL: http://www.bplonline.org/resources/Digital_Project/SixteenthStBaptistBomb.asp

Description:
"On September 15, 1963, the Ku Klux Klan bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church [in Birmingham, Alabama] and killed four little girls. These powerful images, newspaper clippings, and documents show the immediate and widespread destruction of the tragedy and heartbreak that inspired a movement." From the Birmingham Public Library.

LII Topics: Alabama, Black Resources, Bombs, Civil Rights Movement, U.S. History By Place, Weapons

Publisher:
Birmingham Public Library

Extra Keywords
civil rights black history

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
African Americans -- History
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations
Bombings -- Alabama -- Birmingham
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History

LII Database Information:
Record 20851 created by Maria Brandt on 03/07/2006
Last modification on 03/07/2006
Published: 03/09/2006  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20851

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