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Alabama will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls

Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Alabama is marking the 60th anniversary of one of the most heinous acts during the Civil Rights Movement, the 1963 bombing of a church that killed four Black girls.

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

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8 articles, oldest first.

  1. Wyoming Public Media

    Lessons from Birmingham: 60 years after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    Wyoming Public Media's feed description

    This city is remembering a dark chapters in U.S. civil rights history. On September 15, 1963 the Ku Klux Klan bombed a church, killing four Black girls and rocking the conscience of the nation.

  2. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Alabama will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Alabama is marking the 60th anniversary of one of the most heinous acts during the Civil Rights Movement, the 1963 bombing of a church that killed four Black girls.

  3. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Alabama marks 60th anniversary of the 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    Sixty years ago, a bomb planted by Ku Klux Klan members ripped through a Birmingham church, killing four little girls as they prepared for Sunday services.

  4. Fox News

    Alabama will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Alabama is marking the 60th anniversary of the bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church by the Ku Klux Klan, one of the most serious terror acts of the Civil Rights Movement.

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