Yesterday marked the fiftieth anniversary of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, which killed four young girls and graphically revealed the horrors of racism. Two recent articles about this event are worth reading as a reflection on that dark day in our nation's history.
Timothy George's First Things article, While the World Watched: Carolyn Maul McKinstry and the Birmingham Bombings
Betsy Child's article for The Gospel Coalition blog, 9 Things You Should Know About the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
