16th St Baptist Church

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  • Address
    cnr 6th Ave N, 16th St, Downtown
  • Phone
    251 9402
  • Tue-Fri 10:00 - 14:00

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The 16th St Baptist Church was long a centre for the black community in Birmingham, and during the 1950s became a gathering place for civil rights meetings. In September 1963, members of the Ku Klux Klan set off a bomb during a Sunday morning service in the church, killing four girls. Today, the rebuilt church is a house of worship and a memorial.