September 1963
Terrorist violenceBook sources
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing
Birmingham, Alabama; Black children and congregation
A bomb killed four girls attending church. Zinn juxtaposes the murders with the March on Washington to show that public celebration of reform did not end white-supremacist terror.
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Context / qualification
The four murdered girls should be named when expanding the event beyond this summary.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H00 at 00:45:58 (approximate; supplied recording)