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#OtD 15 Sep 1963 four African-American girls were killed and 22 others were wounded after KKK members planted a bomb against a predominantly Black church in Birmingham, Alabama. This act of terrorism marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8743/16th-street-baptist-church-bombing?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Donald Roy

Playing #birminghamsunday by #joanbaez is a good way to commemorate this!

3mo

Allie

@workingclasshistory Imagine being so racist that you want to kill children because they have a different colour skin to you

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Mark Corbett Wilson

@workingclasshistory #OtD

I've always been amazed at how the 16th St. church bombing impacted the lives of these two well known Americans. They have both reflected on their experiences, albeit in very different media spaces.

Angela Davis
https://www.democracynow.org/2013/9/16/terrorism_is_part_of_our_history

Condoleezza Rice
https://www.hoover.org/research/birmingham-1963-three-witnesses-struggle-civil-rights

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crazyeddie

@workingclasshistory Let's not go back.

3mo