Bending toward justice : the Birmingham church bombing that changed the course of civil rights /

The story of the decades-long fight to bring justice to the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, culminating in Senator Doug Jones' prosecution of the last living bombers. On September 15, 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed. The blast killed fou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Jones, Doug (G. Douglas), 1954- (Author), Truman, Greg (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : All Points Books, [2019]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Jones, Doug > (G. Douglas), > 1954- Trials (Murder) > Alabama > Birmingham. 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963. African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > Birmingham > History. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. LAW / Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) Birmingham (Ala.) > Race relations > History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The arc of history
The bombing
Baxley
Langford
The job
Rudolph
Grand juries
Sucker punched
Blanton
Politics and dementia
Cherry
Epiphanies
Honoring the children
One more chance
Connecting the dots.