16th street church bombing

By Chappewi
  • 16TH street church bombing

    16TH street church bombing

    A bomb exploded at the church at 10:22 and made all of the walls on the inside collapse and some on the outside.
  • Period: to

    more bombs set off

    Bombs were set of in black homes and churches.
  • The church

    The church

    They cleaned up the church and pulled out 4 bodies and one girl who lost her eye

  • JFK has a response

    "If these cruel and tragic events can only awaken that city and state - if they can only awaken this entire nation to a realization of the folly of racial injustice and hatred and violence, then it is not too late for all concerned to unite in steps toward peaceful progress before more lives are lost." - John F. Kennedy
  • Civil Rights Movement passed

    Civil Rights Movement passed

  • Kings Assaination

    Kings Assaination

    Martin Luther king died April 4th, 1968, Memphis, TN

  • Robert Chambliss is convicted of First degree murder

  • A grand jury in Alabama indicts former Klansmen Bobby Frank Cherry and Thomas Blanton with eight counts each of first-degree murder

  • Thomas Blanton is found guilty of first-degree murder and is sentenced to four life terms.

  • Bobby Frank Cherry is found guilty and given a sentence of four life terms.

  • The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is declared a national historic landmark.