Woman crying as she exits 16th Street Church bombing funeral
Type
Still image
Title
Woman crying as she exits 16th Street Church bombing funeral
Artists/Makers
Haun, Declan, 1937-1994 (photographer)
Date
1963
Description
A woman, accompanied by a number of other people, sobs as she exits a funeral for victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963. The September 15, 1963 bombing killed four young African American girls.
Format
black-and-white negatives
Related Corporate Names
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Related Places
Birmingham (Ala.)
Related Terms
African Americans funerals civil rights racial discrimination mourners
Original Credit Line
Gift of the estate of Declan Haun
Image Credit Line
Chicago History Museum, ICHi-36877; Declan Haun, photographer
Copyright Notice
© Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2014, all rights reserved.
Owner
Chicago Historical Society
Repository
Chicago History Museum. 1601 North Clark Street Chicago, Illinois 60614-6038
Collection Name
Prints and Photographs Collection
Image File Name
ICHi-36877
Accession Number
2002.98
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