- Collection:
- Prints and Photographs Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- Boys carrying casket at a funeral for victims of 16th Street Church bombing
- Creator:
- Haun, Declan, 1937-1994
- Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Historical Society
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 1963
- Subject:
- Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
African Americans
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Civil rights
Race discrimination
Bereavement--Psychological aspects - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
- Medium:
- black-and-white negatives
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Mourners watch as group of young pallbearers carry a casket towards a hearse at 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.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_pp/id/1055
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_pp:1055/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2014, all rights reserved.
- Original Collection:
- Prints and Photographs Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Contributing Institution:
- Chicago History Museum
- Rights:
-
Boys carrying casket at a funeral for victims of 16th Street Church bombing
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