Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Birmingham Church Bombing

Noah Adams talks with NPR's Debbie Elliott about the verdict reached in the trial of a former Ku Klux Klansman for the 1963 bombing of a Birmingham, Alabama church. Thomas Blanton Jr. was convicted of murder in the explosion at the Sixteenth Street Church, which killed four black girls. Adams and Elliott discuss the closing arguments and reaction to the verdict.

Copyright 2001 NPR

KUER is listener-supported public radio. Support this work by making a donation today.