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16th Street Baptist Church bombing... Civil Rights...
Item # 719296
September 18, 1963
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., September 18, 1963
* 16th Street Baptist Church disaster
* Birmingham, Alabama church bombing
* African-American girls killed - funerals
The top of the front page, above the masthead, has a banner headline: "1500 at Rites for Ala. Bombing victim" with subhead. (see images) More on page 6.
Complete with 34 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally in very nice condition.
background: Carol Rosamond Robertson, one of the four young girls killed in the September 15, 1963, bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church, was laid to rest in a private funeral on September 17, 1963, at St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church. Her mother, Alpha Robertson, requested that her service be separate from those of the other victims, emphasizing a more intimate farewell. Approximately 1,600 mourners attended, listening as Reverend C. E. Thomas delivered a moving eulogy urging the congregation to honor Carole’s memory through kindness, innocence, and a commitment to justice. She was initially interred in a blue casket at Shadow Lawn Memorial Park, and in 1974 her remains were moved to Greenwood Cemetery in Irondale, Alabama, near her father’s grave, where she shares a monument with fellow victims Addie Mae Collins and Cynthia Wesley. The funeral, remembered for its solemnity and dignity, is documented in archival materials at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, and her legacy continues to inspire civil rights initiatives, including the establishment of the Carole Robertson Center for Learning in Chicago and the annual observance of Carole Robertson Day.
Category: The 20th Century
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