16th Street Baptist Church bombing
[2023-08-31 13:11:20]
16th Street Baptist Church was attacked in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. The local member is KKK. It is mainly 16th Street African American Baptist Church. Due to 14 injuries and the deaths of 4 girls, the attack caused anger across the country
Through the civil rights movement, Birmingham is often the center of protests, marches and meditations, often subject to police brutality and violence by white citizens. Homemade bombs planted by white supremacists in houses and churches are becoming very common, so the city is sometimes called "Bombingham". Local African-American churches such as 16th Avenue Baptist Church are the foundation of most protest activities. In 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church held several meetings led by civil rights activists. In order to threaten the demonstrators, members of KKK often invite the church to threaten to destroy these gatherings and ordinary church worship.
At 10:22 am on September 15, 1963 when the explosive bomb exploded, the members joined the school class on Sunday before 11:00 am at the beginning of church service. The bomb exploded on the east side of the building and five girls were preparing to sit in the basement lavatory church. Mortars and bricks were blown from the front of the building due to the explosion, collapsed on the wall, full of internal smoke, parapolis of fear quickly evacuated. There were a lot of remains in the basement of the church, including the corpse of four girls, 14-year-old Ally Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carroll Robertson, and 11 year old Dennis McNair . The fifth girl, Sarah Collins (sister of Addie Mae Collins), lost his right eye with an explosion and some others were injured.
After the bombing, a violent incident occurred in town. Two other young African Americans died and the National Guard was asked to restore order. Pastor Martin Luther made a speech at the funeral of three girls. Despite repeatedly requesting the perpetrator to demand justice, the first trial of the case did not begin until 1977 when former member of the tribe Robert E. Chambliss was convicted of murder charges (1985 , Chambliss was still innocent). Death penalty)). The case was resumed in 1980, 1988, and finally in 1997. At that time, members of the former tribe of the other two - Thomas Brandon and Bobby Frank Chery were tried. Blanton was convicted in 2001 and Cherry was convicted in 2002 (Cherry died in two years). The fourth suspect, Herman Frank Cash, died before the execution in 1994.
Director Spike Lee looked up the 16th town Baptist bomb at Documentary 4 Little Girls (1997) nominated for Oscar. In the movie, Lee interviewed the victim's bomb and family, and explored the separation of time intervals and the background of white harassment.
On Sunday, 15th September 1963, 16th Street Baptist Incident is a white matter act of terrorism against African-American 16th Street Baptist held in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday, September 15, 1963. The four members of the church, white supremacist Christian terror organization were KKK who planted at least 15 explosives in the timing device under the east side of the church. FBI concluded in 1965 that the 16th Avenue Baptist bomb incident was caused by four known KKK and apartheid - Thomas Edwin Brandon, Herman Frank Kash, Robert Edward Chamblis, Bobby Frank Chery charged until 1977 It was not done. 11-year-old Carol Denise McNair was tried by Robert Chambliss and sentenced to one of the victims' first-class murders
16th Street Baptist Church was attacked in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. The local member is KKK. It is mainly 16th Street African American Baptist Church. As a result of 14 injuries and the deaths of 4 girls, this attack caused anger across the country. Through the civil rights movement, Birmingham is often the center of protests, marches and meditations, often subject to police brutality and violence by white citizens. Homemade bombs planted by white supremacists in houses an