Herman Cash had died in 1994, and was never charged with his alleged involvement in the bombing.
Future United States Senator Doug Jones successfully prosecuted Blanton and Cherry. and Bobby Cherry, who were each sentenced to life imprisonment in 20, respectively. as "one of the most vicious and tragic crimes ever perpetrated against humanity," the explosion at the church killed four girls and injured between 14 and 22 other people.Īlthough the FBI had concluded in 1965 that the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing had been committed by four known Klansmen and segregationists: Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., Herman Frank Cash, Robert Edward Chambliss, and Bobby Frank Cherry, no prosecutions were conducted until 1977.Īs part of a revival effort by states and the federal government to prosecute cold cases from the civil rights era, the state conducted trials in the early 21st century of Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the church.ĭescribed by Martin Luther King Jr. The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963. It contributed to support for Congressional passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.Racism and support for racial segregation The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Herman Cash died in 1994 and was never charged with his alleged involvement in the bombing. They were each convicted of four counts of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in 20, respectively. In the early 21st century, Alabama tried Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr. Eventually, states and the federal government renewed efforts to prosecute cold cases from the Civil Rights era. At that time, Robert Chambliss was tried and convicted of the first-degree murder of one of the victims, 11-year-old Carol Denise McNair. Although the FBI had concluded in 1965 that the bombing was committed by four known Ku Klux Klansmen and segregationists-Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr., Herman Frank Cash, Robert Edward Chambliss, and Bobby Frank Cherry-no prosecutions were conducted until 1977.
as "one of the most vicious and tragic crimes ever perpetrated against humanity", the explosion at the church killed four girls and injured 22 other people. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter planted at least 15 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps on the east side of the church. The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing on Sunday, Septemwas an act of white supremacist terrorism at the black 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Chambliss, 59, who have been held since Sunday, Alabama. Hall, 36, who was arrested today and Charles Cagle, 22, and Robert E. All have been booked on a misdemeanor charge of illegal possession of dynamite. Arrested in Racial Bombings: three white men have been arrested in connection with Birmingham racial bombings.
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