16th Street Baptist Church

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African American church Baptist church historic church landmark of the Civil Rights Movement

The 16th Street Baptist Church is a historic African American church in Birmingham, Alabama, best known as the site of a 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed four Black girls and became a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church 5
16th Street Baptist Church bombing 3
1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African American church ⓘ
Baptist church ⓘ
historic church ⓘ
landmark of the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
address 1530 6th Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ
affiliation African American Baptist tradition ⓘ
architecturalStyle Romanesque Revival ⓘ
associatedWith Birmingham campaign ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: Civil Rights Movement

Fred Shuttlesworth ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ
city Birmingham–Hoover metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham
completed 1911 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
denomination Baptist ⓘ
designatedAsNationalHistoricLandmark 2006 ⓘ
designation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
founded 1873 ⓘ
hasArtwork “Four Spirits” sculpture in nearby Kelly Ingram Park ⓘ
hasMemorial memorial to the four girls killed in 1963 bombing ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
listedOnNRHP 1980 ⓘ
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South

Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
near Birmingham Civil Rights Institute ⓘ
Kelly Ingram Park ⓘ
notableEvent 1963 bombing ⓘ
numberOfPeopleInjuredInBombing more than 20 ⓘ
numberOfPeopleKilledInBombing 4 ⓘ
partOf Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument ⓘ
perpetrator Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
surface form: Ku Klux Klan members
role meeting place for civil rights leaders ⓘ
organizing center for protests and marches ⓘ
significance galvanized national support for civil rights legislation ⓘ
pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
state Alabama ⓘ
stillActiveAsChurch yes ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor civil rights organizing ⓘ
community meetings ⓘ
religious services ⓘ
victim Addie Mae Collins ⓘ
Carole Robertson ⓘ
Cynthia Wesley ⓘ
Addie Mae Collins ⓘ
surface form: Denise McNair
wasBombedOn September 15, 1963 ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A.G. Gaston Motel → adjacentTo → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute → adjacentTo → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Cynthia Wesley → associatedWithPlace → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham
Cynthia Wesley → attended → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
Alabama → containsHistoricSite → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
Birmingham, Alabama, United States → hasEvent → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
this entity surface form: 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Birmingham, Alabama, United States → hasLandmark → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham → hasLandmark → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
Children's Crusade → hasMainSite → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Children's Crusade (1963)
this entity surface form: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
U.S. Civil Rights Trail → hasPart → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
Birmingham → historicalEvent → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
this entity surface form: 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument → includesSite → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
Kelly Ingram Park → locatedNear → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
Kelly Ingram Park → locatedNear → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing site
Addie Mae Collins → memberOf → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Carole Robertson → memberOf → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Addie Mae Collins → notableEvent → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1963 Birmingham church bombing
Carole Robertson → notableEvent → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Children's Crusade → stagingArea → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Children's Crusade (1963)
this entity surface form: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Addie Mae Collins → victimOf → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Cynthia Wesley → victimOf → 16th Street Baptist Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing