16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

Investigators at the 16th Street Baptist Church after it was bombed on September, 15, 1963.

16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
Retired Investigators Reflect on Role Closing Case

09/13/15

On September 15, 1963—50 years ago this Sunday—five young girls preparing for Sunday worship services were in the basement of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, when a bomb tore through the church’s east wall, killing four of them.