Bobby Frank Cherry was one of the orchestrators of the 16th Street Baptist
Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. The explosion killed four young
African-American girls, Addie Mae Collins (age 14, grave # 6433252), Denise
McNair (age 11, grave # 6433280), Carole Robertson (age 14, grave # 6433311),
and Cynthia Wesley (age 14, grave # 6433296), and injured twenty-two others. The
bombing marked a turning point in the African-American civil rights movement.
The FBI listed Mr. Cherry as a suspect in the bombing in 1965. He was not
indicted on murder charges until 2001. In 2002, Mr. Cherry was convicted of four
counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison. He died at the Kilby
Correctional Facility hospital unit in Montgomery County, Alabama.
One of Mr. Cherry's convicted co-conspirators was Robert Edwin Chambliss (grave
# 11212947). Herman Frank Cash (grave # 129595549) was another suspect who died
before he could be charged. Another convict, Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr., is still
alive and imprisoned as of 2014.
Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. The explosion killed four young
African-American girls, Addie Mae Collins (age 14, grave # 6433252), Denise
McNair (age 11, grave # 6433280), Carole Robertson (age 14, grave # 6433311),
and Cynthia Wesley (age 14, grave # 6433296), and injured twenty-two others. The
bombing marked a turning point in the African-American civil rights movement.
The FBI listed Mr. Cherry as a suspect in the bombing in 1965. He was not
indicted on murder charges until 2001. In 2002, Mr. Cherry was convicted of four
counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison. He died at the Kilby
Correctional Facility hospital unit in Montgomery County, Alabama.
One of Mr. Cherry's convicted co-conspirators was Robert Edwin Chambliss (grave
# 11212947). Herman Frank Cash (grave # 129595549) was another suspect who died
before he could be charged. Another convict, Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr., is still
alive and imprisoned as of 2014.
Bobby Frank Cherry was one of the orchestrators of the 16th Street Baptist
Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. The explosion killed four young
African-American girls, Addie Mae Collins (age 14, grave # 6433252), Denise
McNair (age 11, grave # 6433280), Carole Robertson (age 14, grave # 6433311),
and Cynthia Wesley (age 14, grave # 6433296), and injured twenty-two others. The
bombing marked a turning point in the African-American civil rights movement.
The FBI listed Mr. Cherry as a suspect in the bombing in 1965. He was not
indicted on murder charges until 2001. In 2002, Mr. Cherry was convicted of four
counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison. He died at the Kilby
Correctional Facility hospital unit in Montgomery County, Alabama.
One of Mr. Cherry's convicted co-conspirators was Robert Edwin Chambliss (grave
# 11212947). Herman Frank Cash (grave # 129595549) was another suspect who died
before he could be charged. Another convict, Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr., is still
alive and imprisoned as of 2014.
Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. The explosion killed four young
African-American girls, Addie Mae Collins (age 14, grave # 6433252), Denise
McNair (age 11, grave # 6433280), Carole Robertson (age 14, grave # 6433311),
and Cynthia Wesley (age 14, grave # 6433296), and injured twenty-two others. The
bombing marked a turning point in the African-American civil rights movement.
The FBI listed Mr. Cherry as a suspect in the bombing in 1965. He was not
indicted on murder charges until 2001. In 2002, Mr. Cherry was convicted of four
counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison. He died at the Kilby
Correctional Facility hospital unit in Montgomery County, Alabama.
One of Mr. Cherry's convicted co-conspirators was Robert Edwin Chambliss (grave
# 11212947). Herman Frank Cash (grave # 129595549) was another suspect who died
before he could be charged. Another convict, Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr., is still
alive and imprisoned as of 2014.
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