1909 - 16th Street Baptist Church - Birmingham AL
N 33° 30.998 W 086° 48.883
16S E 517206 N 3708579
The cornerstone of the historic sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama is located at the corner of 16th Street North at 6th Ave N
Waymark Code: WM106CM
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 03/06/2019
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The cornerstone of the historic 16th Street Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Jr. preached guest sermons and which was bombed by 4 members of the Ku Klux Klan on 15 September 1963, resulting in the deaths of 4 little girls. Their deaths horrified the nation and galvanized public to ensure the passage of the 1964 Voting Rights Act.
The cornerstone reads as follows:
[South side]
SIXTEENTH STREET
Baptist Church
Erected 1909
C. L. Fisher, Pastor.
[East side]
SIXTEENTH STREET
Baptist Church
Windham Bros. Cont.
W. A. Rayfield & Co., Archts."
Year of construction: 1909
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription:
[South side]
SIXTEENTH STREET
Baptist Church
Erected 1909
C. L. Fisher, Pastor.
[East side]
SIXTEENTH STREET
Baptist Church
Windham Bros. Cont.
W. A. Rayfield & Co., Archts.
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