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| Keywords: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama LCCN2010636937.tif 1 photograph digital TIFF file color Notes Title date subject note and keywords provided by the photographer ; Gift; George F Landegger; 2010; DLC/PP-2010 090 ; Forms part of George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was organized in 1873 as the First Colored Baptist Church of Birmingham In 1880 the church came to this site on 16th Street and 6th Avenue North During the Civil Rights Movement the church served as an organizational headquarters On Sunday September 15 1963 members of the Ku Klux Klan planted 19 sticks of dynamite outside the church basement The explosion killed 4 young girls and injured 22 others ; Credit line The George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2010 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2010636937 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/05000/05061a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 05061 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 05061 220px PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||