1. The Bombing of the
Sixteenth Street Baptist
Church
Jake DeSilva
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2. When it Happened
• The 16th Street Baptist Church in
Birmingham, Alabama was bombed on
Sunday, September 15th, 1963 as an act of
racially motivated terrorism.
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3. Damage Done
• The Bombing of the Church killed four
small girls,Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia
Wesley, Carole Robertson and Denise
McNair.
• Another 22 people were injured.
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4. Assailants
• Robert Chambliss, Herman Cash,Thomas
Blanton and Bobby Cherry were charged
for this terrible crime.
• Bobby Cherry was a demolition expert, and
the whole group were white supremacists.
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5. After Math
• The bombing angered much of Birmingham
which was already present in the city.
• Birmingham's Mayor said this,“It is just
sickening that a few individuals could
commit such a horrible atrocity.”
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6. Picture Slide
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7. Sites
• "16th Street Baptist Church Bombing." Npr.org. N.p., n.d.Web. <http://
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1431932>.
• "We Shall Overcome." NPS.gov. N.p., n.d.Web. <http://www.nps.gov/nr/
travel/civilrights/al11.htm>.
• "Birmingham Church Bombing." History.com.A&E Television Networks, n.d.
Web. 26 Apr. 2013. <http://www.history.com/topics/birmingham-church-
bombing>.
• "About the 1963 Birmingham Bombing." About the 1963 Birmingham
Bombing. N.p., n.d.Web. 26 Apr. 2013. <http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/
poets/m_r/randall/birmingham.htm>.
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