Bombers
George Wallace, the governor of Alabama
This page is about the bombers of the church.
Here are some facts about the bombers of the church:
-The city of Birmingham initially offered a $52,000 reward for the arrest of the bombers.
-Bobby Frank Cheery, Thomas Blanton, Herman Frank Cash, and Robert Chambliss, members of the Ku Klux Klan, planted a box of dynamite, with a time delay, under the steps near the church's basement.
-A witness identified Robert Chambliss, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, as the man who placed the bomb under the steps of the church. He was arrested and charged with murder and possessing a box of 122 sticks of dynamite without a permit.
-The bombing was an act racially motivated terrorism.
-Civil rights activists blamed George Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, for the killings.
Here are some facts about the bombers of the church:
-The city of Birmingham initially offered a $52,000 reward for the arrest of the bombers.
-Bobby Frank Cheery, Thomas Blanton, Herman Frank Cash, and Robert Chambliss, members of the Ku Klux Klan, planted a box of dynamite, with a time delay, under the steps near the church's basement.
-A witness identified Robert Chambliss, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, as the man who placed the bomb under the steps of the church. He was arrested and charged with murder and possessing a box of 122 sticks of dynamite without a permit.
-The bombing was an act racially motivated terrorism.
-Civil rights activists blamed George Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, for the killings.