Congress of Racial Equality march
A march held in memory of the four girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama; the march was sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality and was held in Washington, D.C., in 1963.
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
terrorist attack, Birmingham, Alabama, United States [1963]
16th Street Baptist Church bombing, terrorist attack in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963, on the predominantly African American 16th Street Baptist Church by local members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Resulting in the injury of 14 people and the death of four girls, the attack garnered widespread national outrage. Throughout the civil rights movement, Birmingham was a major site of protests, marches, and sit-ins that were often met with police brutality and violence...
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