Four Girls Killed in Birmingham Church Bombing
by: Dr. Clint Wilson
At the height of the Civil Rights movement Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church served as headquarters for those who coordinated the various actions aimed at ending the ravages of racism and segregation. Thus, the church was a target for hate mongers dedicated to the status quo.
On Sept. 15, 1963, as worshippers gathered for Sunday school and subsequent religious services, a bomb exploded and took the lives of four innocent young Black girls. The incident became one of the infamous benchmarks that marked the trail from oppressive discrimination to equal rights for African Americans. The Black Press was there to chronicle the bombing’s aftermath and the atmosphere that prevailed at the girls’ funeral.
Dam Breaks, Men, Women Cry In Pain
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- It was a strange funeral they held Wednesday for the last three of the four victims of Sunday’s bomb blast.
Inside the Sixth Ave., Baptist Church there were tears for the dead from relatives and from complete strangers who had come to share their grief.
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