16th Street Baptist Church
By.Caden Padgett,Sydney Carr, Ashlynn Mullin,Alliyssa Earle
When did it happen and how did it happen
Even as the inspiring words of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech rang out from the Lincoln Memorial during the historic March on Washington in August of 1963, racial relations in the segregated South were marked by continued violence and inequality. On September 15, a bomb exploded before Sunday morning services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama–a church with a black congregation that served as a meeting place for civil rights leaders. Four young girls were killed and many other people injured; outrage over the incident and the violent clash between protesters and police that followed helped draw national attention to the hard-fought, often dangerous struggle for civil rights for African Americans.
Who did it?
1963 Birmingham church bombing – From left, 11-year-old Denise McNair and 14-year-olds Carole Robertson, Addie Mae Collins andCynthia Wesley were killed while attending Sunday services. Three Ku Klux Klan members were later convicted of murder.
The 4 girls
These are the 4 girls who died in the 16th street church bombing.
This is Martin Luther King jr
Him giving his i have a dream speech.