16th Street Baptist Church -- Birmingham AL - Wikipedia Entries on Waymarking.com

There is more to the history of this historically African-American church building than its 15 Sep 1963 bombing by a group of white supremacist Klan members that killed 4 little girls, but that horrific act of racial terrorism so horrified a nation, that it paved the way for the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

The little girls who died that day: Addie Mae Collins (age 14), Cynthia Wesley (age 14), Carole Robertson (age 14), and Carol Denise McNair (age 11). A moving memorial to them is located across the street at Kelly Ingram Park, itself the site of much racially-inspired terror. A second smaller memorial to the girls is located on the east side of the church where the bomb went off.

Since that day, the 16th Street Baptist Church has continued to be a beacon of hope and faith to the predominantly African-American Baptist faithful who worship here.

For more on the 1963 bombing, see the Wikipedia article here: (visit link)

And for more about the church itself, see this Wikipedia article:
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