Today in 1963, four black girls, aged 11 to 14, were killed when white supremacists bombed Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church. | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement

2.4K views · 377 reactions | On Sept. 15, 1963, the bombing of Birmingham's 16th St. Baptist Church killed four Black girls — Addie Mae Collins, age 14; Carol Denise McNair, age 11; Carole Robertson, age 14; and Cynthia Wesley, age 14. Years later, three Ku Klux Klan members were convicted in the bombing. Learn more: https://comca.st/3r3hAq1 | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement | Facebook

9.2K views · 48 reactions | On September 15, 1963, just weeks after the "watershed" March on Washington, four Black girls were killed in the white supremacist terrorist bombing of Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church. The attack marked an escalation of violence from opponents of the Civil Rights Movement, as historian Yohuru Williams explains in Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon's JACKIE ROBINSON: | UNUM Ken Burns | Facebook

Sixty years ago, the bombing of Birmingham's 16th St. Baptist Church killed four Black girls — Addie Mae Collins, age 14; Carol Denise McNair, age 11; Carole Robertson, age 14; and Cynthia Wesley, age 14. Years later, three Ku Klux Klan members were convicted in the bombing. Learn more: https://comca.st/3sRZbQZ | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement