Martin Luther King Jr., held meetings at The 16th Street Baptist Church and it was third bombing that took place after integration was ordered in Alabama. As we know, Alabama was repository for the ...
That changed in 1977, when Robert “Dynamite Bob” Chambliss, the suspected ringleader of the bombing, was put on trial. At the time, Doug Jones, who claimed an upset victory Tuesday in an ...
Two other men were convicted in the bombing. Robert Chambliss, known as "Dynamite Bob," was convicted of murder in 1977 and died in prison. Ex-Klansman Thomas Blanton Jr. was convicted of murder ...
BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBMA) — On September 15, 1963, a tragedy happened at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama ...
Another Klan member, Robert Chambliss, had been convicted of murder in 1977, at 73, and died in prison at 81. A fourth conspirator, Herman Cash, died in the mid-’90s before the FBI reopened the ...
1965 – Suspects emerge: Bobby Frank Cherry, Thomas Blanton, Robert Chambliss and Herman Frank Cash, all Ku Klux Klan members. Witnesses are reluctant to talk and physical evidence is lacking ...
The Chambliss Center for Children is not an orphanage, although it was originally a food and clothing pantry for orphaned girls in 1872. Almost 40 years later, the Vine Street Orphan’s Home ...
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Bill Baxley, who boasts successful legal, political, and military careers, returns home to Dothan this week, where he will be honored for his accomplishments. The unveiling ...
Laura Helton has spent decades studying the papers of Arturo Schomburg, a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance and early ...
Lake Township farmland on Mogadore Avenue NW recently sold for $1.67 million, according to the latest real estate transfers.
According to a University of Georgia press release, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, the Richard B. Russell Library will host two public ...
The No. 1 Georgia football team takes on the Kentucky Wildcats in a Week 3 college football game. Below you can find live ...