16th Street Baptist Church Bombed: Four Girls Killed in Birmingham
White supremacists detonated a bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church, killing four young girls and shattering the illusion of safety for Black communities across the South. This atrocity galvanized public outrage and directly pressured Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 just months later.
September 15, 1963
63 years ago
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