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Bombingham is a nickname for Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement due to the 50 dynamite explosions that occurred in the city between 1947 and 1965. [1] The bombings were initially used against African Americans attempting to move into neighborhoods with entirely white residents.
The Birmingham riot of 1963 was a civil disorder and riot in Birmingham, Alabama, that was provoked by bombings on the night of May 11, 1963. The bombings targeted African-American leaders of the Birmingham campaign. In response, local African-Americans burned businesses and fought police throughout the downtown area.
Welsh craftsman and artist John Petts was inspired to construct and deliver the iconic stained-glass Wales Window of Alabama to the 16th Street Baptist Church in 1965. The Wales Window of Alabama is a large stained-glass edifice depicting a black Jesus, with arms outstretched, reminiscent of the Crucifixion of Jesus.
The A.G. Gaston Motel is a historic building and former motel in Birmingham, Alabama. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1963 during the Civil Rights movement , the Southern Christian Leadership Conference used a room in the hotel as their headquarters, which was later bombed by terrorists.
Birmingham, Alabama was, in 1963, "probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States", according to King. [8] Although the city's population of almost 350,000 was 60% white and 40% black, [9] Birmingham had no black police officers, firefighters, sales clerks in department stores, bus drivers, bank tellers, or store cashiers.
4 Little Girls is a 1997 American historical documentary film about the murder of four African-American girls (Addie Mae Collins, Carol Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Rosamond Robertson) in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963.
Birmingham, Alabama: 3 May 1963 Charles Moore: Birmingham, Alabama, United States Nonviolent civil rights movement student activists sprayed by high-pressure fire hoses during the Birmingham campaign's Children's Crusade. [s 2] [s 3] [s 4] Woolworth Sit-In: 28, May, 1963 Fred Blackwell Jackson, Mississippi, United States [s 2]
Birmingham (/ ˈ b ɜːr m ɪ ŋ h æ m / BUR-ming-ham) is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States.Birmingham is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county.