Just two weeks after the march, on September 15, 1963, white supremacists planted a bomb under the steps of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The explosion killed four young girls attending Sunday school. This terrorist act was a brutal reminder that the success of the march and the changes it represented would not go unchallenged. In the face of such violence, the determination to continue organizing intensified. These glass shards are from the church's stained-glass window.
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A collection of glass shards collected from the gutter outside the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, at the funeral of the four girls killed in the bombing.
Just two weeks after the march, on September 15, 1963, white supremacists planted a bomb under the steps of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The explosion killed four young girls attending Sunday school. This terrorist act was a brutal reminder that the success of the march and the changes it represented would not go unchallenged. In the face of such violence, the determination to continue organizing intensified. These glass shards are from the church's stained-glass window.
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A shotgun shell collected from the gutter outside the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, at the funeral of the four girls killed in the bombing. The shell has a blue/green-colored body with brass tip.
A black-and-white photograph of African American men and women in the streets running away from police and dogs. There is a woman in the foreground wearing a flowered skirt and a white top and she is looking on as a white police officer raises his baton in his right hand in the direction of a young man. The police officer is holding the leash of a dog with his left hand. The print is signed [Charles Moore] on the back in pencil.
A black-and-white photograph of an African American man having his left pant leg torn off by a police dog. There are several white police officers with additional dogs and several other African American demonstrators standing in a crowd. The print is signed [Charles Moore] on the back in pencil.
A black-and-white photograph of two African American men and an African American woman being sprayed with high-pressure fire hoses. They are leaning against the glass windows of a brick building. The man on the far right is being hit directly in the lower back with the stream of water from the hose. The print is signed [Charles Moore] on the back in pencil.
A black-and-white photograph of African American men and women running while soaking wet after being sprayed by high-pressure fire hoses. There is an African American man (also soaked) centered in the foreground of the picture standing and looking to his left. There is a stream of water coming from a hose in the background. The print is signed [Charles Moore] on the back in pencil.