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Title: The meaning of the Birmingham tragedy, 1963.
Description: Protestant Council of the City of New York panel discussion with James Baldwin, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Dr. Thomas C. Kilgore, Jr., focusing on the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, an act of white supremacist terrorism which occurred at the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday, September 15, 1963. A program in the television series: Our Protestant heritage.
Date Created: 1963, September 15, 1963
Name Subject(s): Baldwin, James, 1924-1987., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., Kilgore, Thomas, 1913-1998.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963.
Geographic subjects: United States--Race relations., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York, Birmingham (Ala.)--History--Bombardment--Sept. 15, 1963., North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Birmingham
Physical Location: MOTIONPIC B295; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: The Meaning of the Birmingham tragedy [presented by] the Protestant Council of the City of New York.--http://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1468
Identifier (local): B295_TheMeaningoftheBirminghamTragedy
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:71692

Title: Body removed from bombed Birmingham church.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29887 BODY REMOVED FROM BOMBED BIRMINGHAM CHURCH BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The body of one of four young Negro girls killed in the bombing of 16th Street Baptist church in Birmingham, Ala., is removed from the shattered basement. The youngsters, one 11 and three 14 years old, were studying their Sunday school lesson on the subject, “The Love That Forgives,” when explosions ripped through the church. A rope-barricade and armed troopers held a gathering crowd away from the blast area. Outraged Negroes ultimately heeded pleas by the pastor of the church, the Rev. John Cross, to disperse. From across the nation, religious leaders urged action to prevent further violence in racially-tense Birmingham. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, September 15, 1963, September 15, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Domestic terrorism--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., First responders--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Birmingham (Ala.), Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29887; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29887
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358129

Title: Boy prays outside bombed church.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29888 BOY PRAYS OUTSIDE BOMBED CHURCH BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A Negro boy fell to his knees in prayer amid shattered glass from windows of the 16th Street Baptist church and surrounding buildings in Birmingham, Ala. Four young girls died as a racist's bomb exploded at 10:22 a.m. on Sept. 15 during worship services and Sunday school sessions. In the following outbreak of violence throughout the area, two young Negroes were shot to death. Pleas for effort to stop further bloodshed were issued from government, civil rights and religious leaders across the nation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, circa September 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham., Prayer--Alabama--Birmingham., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 99, image no. P-54335; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29888
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344315

Title: Prayer at bombing scene.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (author)
Date Created: 1963, September 16, 1963, September 16, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Domestic terrorism--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., Prayer--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29888; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29888_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357976

Title: Family in mourning.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1963, September 17, 1963, September 17, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.), Robertson, Carole--Death and burial., Robertson, Alvin., Robertson, Alpha., Robertson, Dianne.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Domestic terrorism--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham., Funeral service--Alabama--Birmingham.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29902; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29902_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357959

Title: Victim removed from church.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1963, September 15, 1963, September 15, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Domestic terrorism--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., First responders--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29887; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29887_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357913

Title: Services held for church-bombing victim.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29902 SERVICES HELD FOR CHURCH-BOMBING VICTIM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A moment of quiet at the edge of a grave followed minutes of terror earlier when a racist’s bomb shattered 16th Street Baptist church in Birmingham, Ala. Friends and relatives gather around Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Robertson, Sr., seated at right, and a sister, at left, of 14-year-old Carole Robertson. Carole and three other young girls, attending Sunday school in the church basement, died in the explosion. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WIDE WORLD-NY-9C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, September 17, 1963, September 17, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.), Robertson, Carole--Death and burial., Robertson, Alvin., Robertson, Alpha., Robertson, Dianne.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Domestic terrorism--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham., Funeral service--Alabama--Birmingham.
Geographic subjects: Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Alabama, Birmingham., Birmingham (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Jefferson--Birmingham
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29902; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29902
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344313

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