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Four Girls Killed in Birmingham Church Bombing
On Sunday morning, September 15, 1963, a bomb ripped through the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. Four young girls—Addie Mae, Cynthia, Carole, and Denise—died while getting ready for church in the basement.
Four Klan men had set 19 sticks of dynamite under the steps the night before. The blast was so strong it blew glass into Sarah Collins’ face, who lived but lost an eye…