Provides an account of the racially-motivated bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963, which resulted in the deaths of four children, and discusses how the tragedy spurred the passage of the landmark 1964 civil rights legislation.
year: 2010
call number/section: 323.11, 1000
subjects: african americans, history, birmingham, 20th century, bombings, hate crimes, racism, birmingham (ala.), history, 20th century