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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 22
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Oo,
et
e rededicate it to the serv-
fice of God and of man,” said the}, the
“Jokin H.- Cross, pastor “of
e 16th Street Baptist, Chu
*fliose responsible for the
amite ‘blast which kilted
our Negro girls, the Negro.
rch bitilding Sunday.
>, McNair, 11. Carol RB.
rtson, 14, Cynthia Wes-
4, and Addie Mae Collins,
in the
HAVE RECEIVED many
giters asking, How can you
ach Jove when you have had
most hideous thing done to,
ion.
Jesus Christ,” he said in
swer to the question “When
was put on the cross, it
eared all the good, all the
ruth had heen eradicated. Ha
-Was rampant. Love was
d—buried for al! time.
“But then Jesus said, ‘My
‘ |, My God’ and ther he
sald ‘Father forgive them,
torgive them, for they know
spot. what they do.”
© SERVICES were resumed in,
the church about two months;
‘Ago, after approximately $200,-!
ret od repairs had been com
2, a fifth of ‘the loss -was
ered by. insurance; The rest}
iqn*geremionies was {he Rev.;
“ByJames, dean’ of religion’
ivice président al Vi Binia
Cross told his congre-)
‘We must follow the example:
H
.|to see that the bombing had not
ing his congregation ‘tojmade the congregation fearful,
saying the church must be
“militant.”
Rewards totaling mote than
$70,000 have been posted for in-;
formation leading to arrest and:
conviction of those responsible
for the bombing.
Negroes hattled police for
an hour in Birmingham after
the blast occurred. Scattered
ravial incidents across the clty
throughot the day and night
claimed the lives of iwo more
Negro youths. Scores of per.
! sons were hurt.
Negroes used the chureh as
headquarters far massive civil
tights demonstrations during
the spring of 1963" ”
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24 THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS
THE BIRMINGHAM
—. POST-HERALD
BIRMINGHAM ,
Date: Ba 3 a64
eeuon: LATE PINAL
Author
ALABAMA
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* JOUN W. BLOOMER
Tides REDLLICATLON OF
16st BAPTIS£ CHURCI,
BIRMINGHAM, ALABANA
Character: RM
or
Classification:
Submitting Otlice BIRMINGHAM
Being tavestigated
SEARCHED INDEXED... -
SERIALIZED Le FED. Soo
SEP - 1 1964
FBI — BIRMINGHAM
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