UA Remembers Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Explosion

University Communications
Sept. 4, 2013

Last month, the nation honored the 50-year anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, marking one of the most important moments in U.S. history.

Now in September, the month marks the 50-year anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bomb explosion in Birmingham, Alabama. Perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan, the explosion left more than 20 people injured and four young girls dead. King delivered their eulogy.

Danny Lyon Birmingham, Alabama, 1963. SNCC workers outside the funeral: Emma Bell, Dorie Ladner, Dona Richards, Sam Shirah and Doris Derby 1963 ©Danny Lyon Gift of Patricia Carr Morgan and Peter Salomon

In remembrance of the killings, which came at the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S., the UA Center for Creative Photography is hosting a photography viewing.

As part of the center's Photo Fridays series, the center will show Marion Palfi’s photographs of segregation and victims of racism in the South, a selection of portraits of King by Benedict Fernandez and also Danny Lyon’s images of grief-stricken funeral mourners in Birmingham as well as non-violent protests and violent arrests.

The event will be held Sept. 6, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the center, located at 1030 N. Olive Road. The event is free and open to the public.

Visitor information: 520-621-7968 or info@ccp.arizona.edu.

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