On September 15, 1963, the city of Birmingham, Alabama, became the epicenter of a moral earthquake that shook the foundations of American democracy. While history books rightfully immortalize the four young girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, the full toll of that day’s racial terror is often truncated. Before the sun set […]

On September 15, 1963, the city of Birmingham, Alabama, became the site of one of the most heinous acts of domestic terrorism in American history. While the world remembers the four young girls who perished in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, the true death toll of that day’s racial violence was higher. Within hours […]