16th Street Baptist Church bombing

When

15 Sep 1963

Kind

Terrorist attack

Killed

4

Coordinates

33.52° N, 86.81° W

Wounded

22

1963 terrorist attack in Birmingham, Alabama

The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963. The bombing was committed by the white supremacist terrorist group the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Four members of a local KKK chapter planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the church.

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