#OnThisDay in 1963, a bomb planted by the Ku Klux Klan ripped through the 16th Street Baptist Church, in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 4 little girls—11-year-old Carol Denise McNair, and 14-year-olds Carole Robertson, Cynthia Diane Wesley and Addie Mae Collins—and injuring several others. This atrocity marked the third bombing in 11 days in Birmingham, Alabama, following the federal court order integrating Alabama schools. Shards from the church's stained-glass window are on display in our exhibi

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

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