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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 11

69 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Terrorism · Topic: 16th Street Church Bombing · 69 pages OCR'd
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FD-350 (4-93-62) ee of the ministers’ “as-| ciation met in a special called meécting af a downtown hotel Sun- (Mount Clipping in n Space Below) yl that a place dedicated to the group. of laymen who have‘ ‘after the bombing af. the) the victims and to restore. the teenth ‘Street Baptist Chutch.| Qhe fesolution calls for radio and| By stations to join the churches! zcalling Birmingham people to Pminute of silent prayer. he complete text of their state- Bent follows: _. . TOUR HEARTS are broken by the. wanten act of cowardly bru-. tality” in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. : @ want to express our campas-| Sidiiate concern to the families ‘the girls whose lives were, snuffed out and to those who’ were, injured. We abhor this and other gels. of violence. | Pewe call upon every God-fear-. ing person to pray, to expect a spiritual miracle of brotherliness. ip our COMMUTLY. * “We request of every ‘citizen Yip, retrain, by word or deed, om ‘lending aid or dignity to} mlawtul and ‘malicious expres-‘ ‘¥sions which tend to excite vio- | #Yence, hatred and, bitterness, seer rh peg, Be fk APPEAL TO thosé who fmay" have some hit of informa-} “house of worship damaged. °.. “We assure’ the law enforce-' ment and Civilian Defense offi-! icers of our. Concern, . confidence; \jand’ prayers ‘fer them’ in,. their, ‘courageous efforts in this” ‘pres-| ent situation,” fle ‘tion which may be useful in the} apprehension of the perpetrators; of this dastardly act to give this] information immediately to the jauthorities, ii. “In humiliation before God, we ‘eal upon every God-fearing pet- 800 Tegardless of race or creed! "to pause daily at high noon, wher-! fever he is, for at least one minute) [ ‘We requactet-tre t! | | | L ! | + worship of God was bombed ‘and! we endorse the efforts of a pledged to raise funds for the | funeral and hospital expenses of: (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) THE BIRMENGHAN NEWS THE BIRMINGHAM POST -HEKALD BLLRMINGEAM, ALABAMA Editon: Sap i NAL Author: Edior: DUN 1 BLOGHEP Title: BAPTOUB Character: BM or Classification Submitting Office: BMI NGHAM —_
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