D. Elisabeth Glassco on Nostr: Exactly 60 years ago, at 10:22 AM on a Sunday, 4 members of the Ku Klux Klan planted ...
Exactly 60 years ago, at 10:22 AM on a Sunday, 4 members of the Ku Klux Klan planted a bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church, in Birmingham Alabama.The blast was so powerful that it blew a hole in the church’s wall, shattered windows, and caused damage to buildings nearby. It killed 6 children and injured more than 20 people. But why that church and that city? Read on.
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Image: Color poster of the four little girls killed in the 16th Street, Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham.
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