What happened here changed the world.

When 10 sticks of dynamite planted by the Birmingham Ku Klux Klan exploded at 16th Street Baptist Church on Youth Sunday, four little Black girls were killed, a fifth maimed and two Black boys were slain nearby. The date of Sept. 15, 1963 registered the single greatest loss of life during the Civil Rights Movement.

Now revered as part of the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, a National Park Service unit, the stillactive church, including the museum in the basement, is open for tours. To learn more about dozens of sites on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, search civilrightstrail.com

For information contact: Rosemary.Judkins@tourism.alabama.gov or call 334.242.4493

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