Bombingham 1963 | Four Little Girls Killed By Hate

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Described by Martin Luther King Jr. 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.

The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. The KKK bombed non-white people so much, everybody called it Bombingham.

The bombing was committed by a white supremacist terrorist group. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan (KKK) chapter planted 19 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the steps located on the east side of the church.

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September 15, 1963
Bombingham Alabama
Four little girls killed by the KKK
Four little girls killed by hate

Dynamite planted in the church staircase
Exploded in their face
Killed four little girls that day
Four little girls making their lives great

Denise McNair
Addie Mae Collins
Cynthia Wesley
Carole Robertson
Four little girls blown away

Maybe one day we'll be done with hate
And all that other stuff
Maybe we will become
The United States of Love
The United States of Love

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from Spaceship Earth, released July 26, 2021

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Welcome. I like to make songs. Not autobiographical. Just for fun. Songs about current events and human values.

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