2/ 1963 – 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
The KKK bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 4 Black girls. This act of terrorism was part of the long history of white supremacist violence aimed at terrorizing Black communities.
The KKK bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 4 Black girls. This act of terrorism was part of the long history of white supremacist violence aimed at terrorizing Black communities.
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Before Timothy McVeigh’s bombing, a white supremacist group, the “Aryan Nation,” attempted to bomb the U.S. Capitol. Thankfully, they were caught before they could carry out their deadly plot.
Timothy McVeigh, a white supremacist, bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people, including 19 children. This was the deadliest act of domestic terrorism until 9/11.
In Charleston, South Carolina, Dylann Roof, a white supremacist, killed 9 Black churchgoers during a Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
During the “Unite the Right” rally, white supremacists and neo-Nazis clashed with anti-racist protesters. One extremist ran his car into a crowd, killing Heather Heyer and injuring many others.
A white supremacist entered the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and killed 11 Jewish worshippers. It was the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history.
A white supremacist targeted Hispanics, killing 23 people and injuring 23 others at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. The shooter left behind a manifesto full of anti-immigrant rhetoric.