10h 22min, sep 15, 1963 y - 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
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Four pre-teen African American girls were murdered by a bomb placed in the recent site of civil rights rallies, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. There was a crowd surrounding the church soon where the police came to intervene and settle. One African American boy was shot by a police officer while another was shot by a passing white teenage boy.
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10h 22min, sep 15, 1963 y
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~ 62 years ago
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