16th Street Baptist Church bombing

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The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a 1963 Ku Klux Klan terrorist attack on a Black church in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four African American girls and became a pivotal moment in the U.S. civil rights movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ku Klux Klan attack ⓘ
church bombing ⓘ
hate crime ⓘ
mass murder ⓘ
racist attack ⓘ
terrorist attack ⓘ
aftermath helped build support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
helped build support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
category 1963 crimes in the United States ⓘ
attacks on churches in the United States ⓘ
racially motivated violence in the United States ⓘ
city Birmingham ⓘ
commemoratedBy 16th Street Baptist Church memorials ⓘ
Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery ⓘ
statue of the four girls in Birmingham ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1963-09-15 ⓘ
day 15 ⓘ
dayOfWeek Sunday ⓘ
FBIInvestigationName BAPBOMB ⓘ
historicalPeriod civil rights movement ⓘ
investigatingAgency Birmingham Police Department ⓘ
Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
KingResponse Martin Luther King Jr. sent a telegram to Alabama Governor George Wallace condemning the bombing ⓘ
legalOutcome Bobby Cherry convicted of murder in 2002 ⓘ
Robert Chambliss convicted of murder in 1977 ⓘ
Thomas Blanton convicted of murder in 2001 ⓘ
location 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national and international news coverage ⓘ
memorialDay September 15 ⓘ
month September ⓘ
motive opposition to the civil rights movement ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
notableCommentator Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
numberOfFatalities 4 ⓘ
numberOfInjured at least 14 ⓘ
occasion Sunday school ⓘ
perpetrator Bobby Frank Cherry ⓘ
Herman Frank Cash ⓘ
Robert Edward Chambliss ⓘ
Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. ⓘ
perpetratorOrganization Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
United Klans of America ⓘ
linked to: Ku Klux Klan
publicReaction condemnation from civil rights leaders ⓘ
widespread outrage in the United States ⓘ
relatedEvent Birmingham campaign ⓘ
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ
relatedTo Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
Voting Rights Act of 1965 ⓘ
significance galvanized national support for civil rights legislation ⓘ
pivotal moment in the U.S. civil rights movement ⓘ
state Alabama ⓘ
target 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
African American congregation ⓘ
time about 10:22 a.m. Central Daylight Time ⓘ
typeOfExplosive TNT ⓘ
victim Addie Mae Collins ⓘ
Carole Robertson ⓘ
Cynthia Wesley ⓘ
Denise McNair ⓘ
victimGroup African American children ⓘ
weapon dynamite ⓘ
year 1963 ⓘ

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Claude Wesley → associatedWithEvent → 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
Cynthia Wesley → victimOf → 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
subject linked to: Claude Wesley
Cynthia Wesley → victimOf → 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
subject linked to: Gertrude Wesley
Carole Robertson → victimOf → 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
subject linked to: Diane Robertson
Cynthia Dionne Morris → causeOfDeath → 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
Cynthia Dionne Morris → notableEvent → 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
Cynthia Dionne Morris → significantEvent → 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
linked to: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Mississippi Goddam → inspiredBy → 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
Birmingham Sunday → subject → 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
subject linked to: song "Birmingham Sunday"
Sarah Jean Collins → eventParticipantIn → 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
Sarah Jean Collins → relativeKilledIn → 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
Chris McNair → notableEvent → 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ
linked to: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Carol Denise McNair → victimOf → 16th Street Baptist Church bombing ⓘ