Bombingham

This article is about the dynamite bombings in the city of Birmingham, Alabama. For the 2001 novel, see Anthony Grooms.

Bombingham is a nickname for Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement due to the 50 dynamite explosions that occurred in the city between 1947 and 1965. The bombings were initially used against African Americans attempting to move into neighborhoods with entirely white residents. Later, the bombings were used against anyone working towards racial desegregation in the city.^[1] One neighborhood within Birmingham experienced so many bombings it developed the nickname of Dynamite Hill.^[2]

Bombings

16th Street Baptist Church bombing on September 15, 1963

Reference

↑ Eskew, Glenn T. (1997). "Bombingham". But for Birmingham: The Local and National Movements in the Civil Rights Struggle. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 53–84. ISBN 9780807846674.
↑ Elliott, Debbie (July 6, 2013). "Remembering Birmingham's 'Dynamite Hill' Neighborhood". National Public Radio (NPR). Retrieved 26 March 2016.

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