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Birmingham Sunday
- Author
- Larry Dane Brimner
- Narrator
- Robin Miles
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 4 November 2011
- Run Time
- 58 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Larry Dane Brimner
- Narrator
- Robin Miles
- Duration
- 58 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 November 2011
- ISBN
- 9781461848295
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past
Synopsis
Racial bombings were so frequent in Birmingham that it became known as ''Bombingham.'' Until September 15, 1963, these attacks had been threatening but not deadly. On that Sunday morning, however, a blast in the 16th Street Baptist Church ripped through the exterior wall and claimed the lives of four girls. The church was the ideal target for segregationists, as it was the rallying place for Birmingham's African American community, Martin Luther King, Jr., using it as his ''headquarters'' when he was in town to further the cause of desegregation and equal rights. Rather than triggering paralyzing fear, the bombing was the definitive act that guaranteed passage of the landmark 1964 civil rights legislation. Birmingham Sunday centers on this fateful day and places it in historical context.
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