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Civil rights movement: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murder of four girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
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1954–1968 U.S. social movement
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Birmingham, Alabama
City in Alabama, United States
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Ku Klux Klan
American white supremacist terrorist hate group
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Bobby Frank Cherry
American terrorist & murderer (1930–2004)
Bobby Frank Cherry was an American white supremacist, terrorist, and Klansman who was convicted of murder in 2002 for his role in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963. The bombing killed four young African-American girls and injured more than 20 other people.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1963
Calendar year
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16th Street Baptist Church bombing
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 a white supremacist terrorist group. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan (KKK) chapter planted 19 sticks…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)