Very young and too innocent to be caught up in such hate and violence. If memory serves, they were near 10 years of age and had gone downstairs at a time that was not usual for their schedule. That was why they were caught in the blast. The 4 girls died very young.
September 15, 1963 The Birmingham Church Bombing. Killed 4 little girls that were there for Sunday School.
The last major event of World War II was the United States's bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The atomic bombs created great destruction. The first bomb leveled Hiroshima and killed 70,000 people; the one in Nagasaki killed about 40,000. Thousands more were injured and many more died later from radiation.
168 people is the offical number. 19 of those were children 3 of the women, however there were pregnant, so counting the 3 unborn you would have 171 total. At the memorial there are 168 chairs each with a name for the victoms, 3 chairs have two names for those mothers and their babies
There was about 30,000 killed
Many South Americans were killed by Spanish I think. If many were killed in North America, alot had to be killed in South America too.
The bombing killed 4 girls and injured 23 others.
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Dudley Randall wrote the poem "Ballad of Birmingham" in response to the 1963 racially motivated bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, which killed four young African American girls. The poem reflects on the tragedy of the event and the impact of racism and violence on innocent lives.
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963, was motivated by racial hatred and resistance to the Civil Rights Movement. White supremacists sought to intimidate and retaliate against the growing calls for desegregation and equality for African Americans. The bombing, which killed four young girls, was a tragic manifestation of the violent backlash against efforts to achieve racial justice in the United States. It galvanized national outrage and contributed to the passage of civil rights legislation.
the birmingham church bombing that killed four little girl
Four little girls were killed and a lot of others were injured badly
In 1963, Birmingham Alabama was a place where Civil Rights Movement was at it's highest. Many discriminations were being held, and many protests were fighting back from them. Martin Luther King Junior was popularly seen there. A church bombing was held and it killed 4 young girls and injured many others. Birmingham Alabama was the height of the Civil Rights Movements in 1963.
The 16th Street baptist church bombing. Here is the link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, which occurred on September 15, 1963, in Birmingham, Alabama, was carried out by members of the Ku Klux Klan. Specifically, four Klansmen—Robert Chambliss, Thomas Blanton, Bobby Frank Cherry, and Herman Frank Cash—were implicated in the attack, which killed four African American girls and injured 22 others. The bombing was part of a broader campaign of racial violence aimed at resisting the civil rights movement in the United States. Chambliss was convicted in 1977, while the other three were convicted later, in the 2000s.
Addie Mae Collins had three sisters: Sarah, Carol, and Cynthia. They were all affected by the tragic events surrounding the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, which killed Addie Mae and three other girls. The bombing was a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement, highlighting the ongoing struggle against racial violence and injustice in the United States.
Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech and Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, and Carole Robertson got killed in a bombing of the 16th Street Church bombing.
80,000