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Chalkboard inside 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, after the building was bombed.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

Self, Tom

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Genesis 9:13 is written on the board, but the word "don't" has been added at the beginning of the verse: "I don't set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a token of a covenant between me and the earth." Debris is scattered around.
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2000 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1963 09 15
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Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.com
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Alabama Media Group Collection

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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Alabama
  3. Birmingham (Ala.)
  4. Bombings
  5. Churches
  6. Civil Rights
  7. Hate Crimes
  8. Jefferson County (Ala.)
  9. Race Relations

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