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This large crater is the result of a bomb that exploded near a basement room of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. on September 15, 1963, killing four black girls. All the windows were blown out of the building just behind police and emergency workers. Photo credit: The Associated Press

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SURVIVAL: Watch, hear Birmingham, Alabama, share insights, memories of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

September 18, 2023
By NABJ Black News & Views

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The Rev. Carolyn McKinstry shares her story with journalists from inside the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Aug. 5, 2023. McKinstry was there when a bomb blew up the side of the church on Sept. 15, 1963., killing four little girls.

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WATCH: Rev. Carolyn McKinstry, survivor of the 16th Street Baptist church bombing, shares her story

September 18, 2023
By NABJ Black News & Views

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