16th Street Church Bombing
By: Caleb Bazil
What Happened
The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was blown up by a bomb at approximately 10:22 a.m. Everything in the church was destroyed except for one stained glass window that had Jesus's body without the head which was blown up in the explosion.
Victims
There were four victims that died in the bombing. All four of them were children none older than 14. There names were Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley, Denise McNair.
Suspects
One of the four bombers names was Robert Edward Chambliss. We know no other names of the suspects but we do know that one of them died in 1994 without being charged and the other three were convicted of murder between 1972 and 2002.
Where
The bombing a cured in Birmingham, Alabama at 10:22 in the year 1963 with a on 16th street.
Event Information
16th street bombing
This is a pinpoint location of where it happened
When?
Sunday, Sep 15, 1963, 10:15 PM
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