The Birmingham 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was 55 years ago today.

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16th Street Baptist Church bombing was 55 years ago today: Photos of the tragedy

By Jeremy Gray | [email protected] | Posted September 15, 2018 at 06:00 AM | Updated September 15, 2018 at 01:52 PM

Saturday was the 55th anniversary of the bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. The service honoring Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley and two young boys killed shortly after the bombing, Johnny Robinson Jr. and Virgil Ware, recognized Birmingham as the center of the Civil Rights movement and emphasized that the march to justice and equality of all people is not over.

For more on the ceremony, please visit this story. Or, continue scrolling for the photos of the historic event.



10:22 a.m. The bomb exploded.

In the rubble of the 16th Street Baptist Church were the bodies of Addie Mae Collins, 14, Denise McNair, 11, Carole Robertson, 14, and Cynthia Wesley, 14. Another 22 people were injured in the explosion.

Windows were blown out of nearby businesses as was a stained glass window at the church depicting Christ leading children. After the blast, Christ's head was blown away.

"It was just a matter of time," said Pastor John H. Cross of the bombing. "We've been expecting this all along."
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1. Damn time flies

Get thee to the greatest page

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2. Just 1 month after 'I have a dream' speech. Yet GOPers claim whites saw the light after the speech!

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3. Birmingham Sunday

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4. Before I retired I took my students on a tour there and it was quite an emotional experience.

They were prepared by one of our teachers who had actually been in the church before the bombing. He did a workshop with them and they wanted to immediately visit the area where the bomb exploded. Many cried and felt that moment.

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5. Alabama Senator Doug Jones prosecuted those bastards.

After he became a US Attorney in the late 1990s, he called a Grand Jury and reopened the case.