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By Jessica McElrath, About.com Guide to African-American History since 2000

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing

Sunday April 27, 2008
Courtesy of the Library of Congress Eighteen days after the March on Washington, on the early Sunday morning of September 15, 1963, a bomb exploded in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing four girls. Find out what happened on that early September morning. Plus, learn why it took so long to bring a second suspect to justice.

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