The bombing of 1963
Throughout the years our country has fought for civil rights and have gone through many faults on our journey to become the "melting pot country." In the 60's the civil rights movement was big and at its prime, so at the time there was people who supported it and people who didn't. On September 15, 1963, there was a bombing at a church in Birmingham, Alabama. This church which is 16th Street Baptist Church was predominately black populated, so it was a target for the Ku Klux Klan or more commonly known as the KKK. The bombing of this church lead to four young girl's dead and fourteen injured. The core of the bombing is who is involved in it, what happened as a result of it, and why did the bombers do it.
On September 15, 1963, according to the podcast, "A bomber had hidden under a set of cinder block steps on the side of the church, tunneled under the basement and placed a bundle of dynamite …show more content…
Kennedy responded by saying, " 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." Kennedy makes a good point that the world needs to open their eyes and see what's happening around them is terrible. People are dying with no reasoning behind the fact that their skin color isn't white. Not only did Kennedy speak out about it, but according to the CNN article Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said that the US Army," Ought to come to Birmingham and take over this city and run it." With the civil rights movement happening the US Army should have been there way before with all the riots going on. As a result of the bombing all four girls who died are awarded Congressional Gold Medals and 16th Street Baptist Church is declared a national historic
Throughout the years our country has fought for civil rights and have gone through many faults on our journey to become the "melting pot country." In the 60's the civil rights movement was big and at its prime, so at the time there was people who supported it and people who didn't. On September 15, 1963, there was a bombing at a church in Birmingham, Alabama. This church which is 16th Street Baptist Church was predominately black populated, so it was a target for the Ku Klux Klan or more commonly known as the KKK. The bombing of this church lead to four young girl's dead and fourteen injured. The core of the bombing is who is involved in it, what happened as a result of it, and why did the bombers do it.
On September 15, 1963, according to the podcast, "A bomber had hidden under a set of cinder block steps on the side of the church, tunneled under the basement and placed a bundle of dynamite …show more content…
Kennedy responded by saying, " 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." Kennedy makes a good point that the world needs to open their eyes and see what's happening around them is terrible. People are dying with no reasoning behind the fact that their skin color isn't white. Not only did Kennedy speak out about it, but according to the CNN article Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said that the US Army," Ought to come to Birmingham and take over this city and run it." With the civil rights movement happening the US Army should have been there way before with all the riots going on. As a result of the bombing all four girls who died are awarded Congressional Gold Medals and 16th Street Baptist Church is declared a national historic