Research Paper On 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

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Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963 a church bombing took place. 16th street Baptist church was a segregated church it belongs to the colored men and women of the town. There was 4 girls deaths and 14 injured during church service. The 4 victims were Addie Mae Collins age 14,Densie McNair age 11,Carole Robertson age 14, and Cynthia Wesley also age 14. After the bombing a riot broke out and two African boys died, 20 in all got injured from the bombing and riot combined. In September 16, 1963 President John F. Kennedy responds” if only this tragic and cruel events awaken this entire nation to a realization of the folly of racial injustice and hatred and violence, then it is not too late for all concentrated unite is steps towards peaceful progress …show more content…

1985 he dies in prison. July 1997 the FBI reopens finding new evidence. Thomas Blanton and Bobby Frank Cherry are indicted by a grand jury in Alabama. Both with 8 count each of first-degree murder, 4 counts of intentional Murder, and 4 counts of murder with universal malice. May 1, 2001 Thomas Blanton is convicted of first-degree murder and is sentence with life in prison. May 22, 2002 Bobby Frank Cherry convicted and given sentence of four life terms. November 8, 2004 Cherry dies in prison. In 1994 Herman Frank Cash die before he could be charged with a crime. February 20, 2006 the 16th Street Baptist is declared a National Historic Landmark. September 12, 2013 Barack Obama awarded the 4 girls who died Congressional Gold Medals 50 years after the bombing. September 14, 2013 on the corner of 16th Street North and 6th Avenue North a bronze and steel statue of the girls is

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