By the time in 1963 when a group of KKK members planted a bomb made of dynamite beneath the steps of the 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama had been was a hotspot of racial tension and civil rights activism for years. The city had earned a bitter nickname: “Bombingham,” owing to the numerous bombings targeted at black communities and civil rights activists.
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Image: Façade of a 16th Street, Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.