ourpresidents:The 16th Street Baptist Church BombingOn September 15, 1963, during President Kennedy’
ourpresidents:The 16th Street Baptist Church BombingOn September 15, 1963, during President Kennedy’s third year in office, four members of United Klans of America, a Ku Klux Klan group, planted a box of dynamite under the steps of the 16th Street Baptist church, near the basement. At about 10:22 a.m., twenty-six children were walking into the basement assembly room when the bomb exploded. Four girls, Addie Mae Collins (14), Denise McNair (11), Carole Robertson (14), and Cynthia Wesley (14), were killed in the attack. Twenty two additional people were injured.Immediately following the attacks, the White House was overwhelmed with mail, telegrams and donations to 16th Street Church. The JFK Library has put together an album that acts as a snapshot in time and includes reactions - both positive and negative - towards the civil rights movement.Reactions to the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing -- source link
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