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Subject United States. Dept. of Justice State Alabama

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1. Blanton files suit over bombing reports

Date of Original:: 1982-07-21
Collection:: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing Collection
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

2. Feds in bomb case probe doubt Hoover blocked prosecution

Creator:: Kepple, David
Date of Original:: 1980-02-19
Collection:: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing Collection
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

3. Never had enough evidence to prosecute church bomb, ex-U.S. attorney claims

Creator:: Spotswood, Frances
Date of Original:: 1977-12-01
Collection:: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing Collection
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

4. Baxley : bureaucratic mess slowed bomb probe

Creator:: Bixby, Jon
Date of Original:: 1977-11-30
Collection:: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing Collection
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

5. Baxley : Justice Dept. slowed bombing probe

Date of Original:: 1977-11-30
Collection:: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing Collection
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

6. Letter from Joseph Ellin to Mom and Dad; July 3, 1964

Creator:: Ellin, Joseph
Date of Original:: 1964-07-03
Collection:: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Contributing Institution:: University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries

7. Top federal officers help

Date of Original:: 1963-09-16
Collection:: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing Collection
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

8. Telegram. NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins to Herbert Brownell concerning the expulsion of Autherine Lucy, February 7, 1956

Creator:: Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Date of Original:: 1956-02-07
Collection:: With an Even Hand: Brown vs. Board at Fifty
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress