Talk:16th Street Baptist Church bombing

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4 girls died in the bombing it was a horrible tragedy.

On 1963-11-18 John Coltrane recorded "Alabama," a composition made in response to the bombing.

Contents 1 Chambliss 2 names 3 ku klux klan 4 Collins remains 5 References 6 Remembrences 7 Infobox

[edit] Chambliss

Given that double jeopardy assures you can't be tried for a crime of which you've already been acquitted, how did they manage to convict Chambliss of the murders in 1977 when he had already been acquitted? Angr/talk 16:33, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

• My understanding is that the State of Alabama dropped the case because the FBI was witholding evidence in 1971. --Dystopos 17:45, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

If that's true, he wasn't acquitted previously, and the article should be edited accordingly. Angr/talk 19:20, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Several references (well, several online accounts) mention an acquittal by an "all-white" jury. I am poking around to try to substantiate whether the initial charges went before a jury. Any help with finding authoritative sources would be welcome. In the meantime I'm being paid to do something else. --Dystopos 19:40, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] names

why do the names of each the four girls need a link if the link redirects to the same page you link from? Im taking the links out. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tyler Thibeaux (talk • contribs).

• OH NO U AINT —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.47.173.66 (talk • contribs).

[edit] ku klux klan

Did the kkk release any sort of statement after the attacks or did they just lay low and try to stay away from the aftermath of the incident? Dermo69

• Investigations into the string of bombings in Birmingham remained "unsolved" except for Chambliss' 1977 conviction. He was described, at the time, as a "former Klan member," and denied any involvement in the bombing. You can get more context here. --Dystopos 14:55, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

There were many KKK groups - no major organization took responsibility.--Parkwells (talk) 16:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Collins remains

• Information concerning the whereabouts of Addie Mae Collins body. in 1998, family members were horrified that when they were moving her body to another cemetery, her body was not in the grave. To this day no one knows where her body is. Can anyone confirm this?

66.118.236.226 15:38, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

• I vaguely remember this being reported. The Birmingham News' archives to 1993 are searchable through Newsbank (link). --Dystopos 17:40, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

We really need some footnoting here WP:CITE. Some of these comments, although quite believable really need to be sourced through a note. The Bull Conner quotes especially. JodyB 16:40, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Remembrences

This section has grown into a WP:TRIVIA section, which doesn't really add anything to the article. Some of the works mentioned, such as Joan Baez' and John Coltrane's pieces could be considered more important than others, like the mention in a Drive-By Truckers' song. But still, per the suggestion of the guideline on trivia sections, I'd like to move the important ones into the article text and drop the others. Not sure when I'll get to it, so here's a chance to chime in before I get too bold. --Dystopos 22:11, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox

I made an infobox out of information in the text. -Flubeca^Talk 16:29, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Hate

This just proves that hate can eat people away until they are stupid and cluelessly cruel. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dilan linh (talk • contribs) 22:50, 7 January 2008 (UTC)