16th Street Baptist Church bombing

Birmingham Bombing of 1963 “One of the most vicious and tragic crimes ever perpetrated against humanity” Said Martin Luther King Jr. after the Birmingham Bombing (“16th Street Baptist Church”). The 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing was a devastating event. Lives were lost and you were defined by your skin color. To begin with, the bombing came by surprise. It was September 15,1963 11:00 AM at The 16th Street Baptist Church (United States National Park Service). Just before this the church had been

poem that speaks up about a tragedy using simple rhymes and lyrics. It’s clear that the ballad uses the Civil Rights Movement and the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing as its historical context. The Civil Rights Movement was a mass movement aimed to secure equal rights for African Americans. In the poem, the daughter asked her mother if she could “march the streets of Birmingham / To make our country free,” which references The Birmingham Campaign, also known as the Civil Rights Movement’s Project

in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. The film re-creates the day of the bombing through several mediums such as news footage, photographs and eyewitness reports. The film also places the bombing within the larger context of the civil rights movement, and includes information on the sit-ins, the marches, the songs and the murders. In 1963 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King arrived in the town and the African American community would meet at the 16th Street Baptist Church while

4 Little Girls, a historical documentary produced by Spike Lee, discusses the deadly bombing of Addie Collins, Dennis McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley in the 16th Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963, in Birmingham, Alabama. In the documentary, the bombing of the four little girls was placed in the larger context of the Civil Rights Movement, where blacks were fighting to end the legalized racial segregation and discrimination laws. High levels of white violence, especially from

In The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd creates an allusion to the bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, to illustrate the impact of the Ku Klux Klan’s scheme to terrorize social activists, on Lily. In order to protest integration, the Ku Klux Klan planted dynamite underneath the girl's bathroom in the Baptist church, which resulted in a tragedy that stole the lives of four innocent children. Throughout the course of the plot, while exploring the wailing wall and the slips

some would even suffer bombings. There was one event that opened the eyes of the people to force the Civil Rights Movement. This event was the bombing at the 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. This was one of the events that created a lot of controversy and a lot to talk about. The Birmingham bombing was the bombing that turned everybody’s attention not because they only bombed the church; however, the bombing injured people and killed other people.This bombing happened in September

began protests and marches that lead to controversy around the United States. These marches and protests however, lead to violent acts. He also delivered the “I Have a Dream Speech” and changed the world that we live in today. Next, the 16th Street Baptist church bombing occurred leaving a lot of controversy between the Native American and African American races. John

The victims of the bombing, Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carol Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley, were young, innocent girls who died untimely deaths. Addie Mae Collins had seven siblings, and enjoyed singing in the church choir and playing hopscotch. Denise McNair helped organize neighborhood fundraisers, and would leave mud pies in the mailboxes of the boys she had a crush on. Carol Robertson loved attending her dance classes on Saturday afternoons, and would take lessons in modern jazz, tap,

safely share their views. Targets/Method of Selection: In the past focus was on the Jewish, black, and catholic communities. Now it’s increased towards more minorities. Weapons/Skills: Bombs, Guns, Fire, dynamite, Delivery Method: The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing had a method of using 16 sticks of dynamite and a timing device attached to it. Just an example of a method used. Funding Sources (other crimes?): The Klan today is split up into separate groups so difficult to get a good idea where

racist terrorism. Some of the most well known incidents were things like “Bloody Sunday.” In “Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963”, and incident happened while they were in Alabama. Joetta was going to sunday school and the church was bombed. It is known as “The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing.” Luckily Joetta wasn’t hurt but many