Alabama church bombing

Although desegregation had already begun in Birmingham, Alabama, the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church showed that while laws were slowly changing, hate and ignorance still had a hold on some communities. Four young girls were killed from the Ku Klux Klan-related bombings, and the church where they died still stands today.
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( Thomas J. O'Halloran )

Although desegregation had already begun in Birmingham, Alabama, the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church showed that while laws were slowly changing, hate and ignorance still had a hold on some communities. Four young girls were killed from the Ku Klux Klan-related bombings, and the church where they died still stands today.

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