Klan Bombing of Birmingham Church 1963

Haven to the South's most violent Ku Klux Klan chapter, Birmingham was probably the most segregated city in the country. Dozens of unsolved bombings and police killings had terrorized the black community since World War II.

On Sunday, 15th September, 1963, a white man was seen getting out of a white and turquoise Chevrolet car and placing a box under the steps of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Soon afterwards, at 10.22 a.m., the bomb exploded killing Denise McNair (11), Addie Mae Collins (14), Carole Robertson (14) and Cynthia Wesley (14). The four girls had been attending Sunday school classes at the church. Twenty-three other people were also hurt by the blast.

Birmingham, Alabama, and the Civil Rights Movement in 1963 http://ow.ly/q8bG

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Since some need a reminder: Origins of the Ku Klux Klan - The foundations of modern racism http://ow.ly/l1tp

The history of the Ku Klux Klan in Law Enforcement and Government http://ow.ly/l1ux

True Colors: The motives ( race and greed ) driving HI reform debate, and the real need for Public Option http://ow.ly/p3p9

Anatomy of American Ignorance - Part 1 http://ow.ly/pc35

Anatomy of American Ignorance - Part 2 http://ow.ly/pc3f

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Bill Noxid http://billnoxid.wordpress.com/
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[XxDreamsxAnimesxX]

"What was that?" "Maybe it was just a sonic boom." ...... "Someone blew off a bomb in Joettas church!" When my teacher read that part, I began to cry.

[IcedEarth426]

It is still amazing to me that this kind of stuff happened in America and was, for the longest time, never questioned or thought of as being wrong. I just can't understand why people felt so threatened by the idea of desegregation that they were willing to kill, maim, harass and to do so without any apologies.

It also feels like a lot of young blacks today don't fully understand or appreciate what their elders had to endure just to be able to ride a bus with whites among other things.

[ImNotHuman100055]

@turdlip555 woahh thats what my school is reading

[dcbandnerd]

All those associated with the bombing will, or already have, pay the penalty for their actions in the next life; and they will have no one to blame but themselves.

[eyeseena]

I integrated schools in Seminole County, Florida. I could have been killed, but I was not afraid. I'm still not. I would do it again in a heartbeat, and I don't regret the sacrifices it cost me. 

[eyeseena]

I was the first black to integrate schools in my county. I was escorted by police into my school. The night before I received a threatening phone call from a white lady She told me to tell my parents that I didn't want to go to that school the next day. I said, "Yes ma'am," hung up the phone, went to bed and I never told my parents about it. I could have been killed, but I was never afraid. Still not, and I'm 60 years old.  I would do it again in a heartbeat.

[turdlip555]

my class read watsons go to birmingham and mentioned this

[bubblinbrownsugar616]

and I'm supposed to be afraid of Muslims and Osama.....

[Joe402]

Domestic Terrorists

[Superbook4Eva]

@Spectonimous All you have to do is look around Youtube and read some of the idiotic racist comments that get posted on certain videos, and you'll see there are still people who harbor those terrible attitudes. Sadly, racism is still alive and well.