(CIVIL RIGHTS) Group of 4 press photographs of the 16th Stre

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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Group of 4 press photographs of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing. Wire photographs, various sizes up to 8 1/2 x 12 inches, with various stamps and stickers on verso, most with news clippings on verso; some cropped, minor wear. Birmingham, AL, 15-21 September 1963

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Ku Klux Klan members used 19 sticks of dynamite to blow up this Black church in Birmingham, AL, killing 4 girls. None of the terrorists faced trial until 14 years later. 3 of these photographs show the wreckage in the immediate aftermath of the bombing, and a fourth shows the conclusion of a sympathy march at city hall.