Bobby Frank Cherry was one of the orchestrators of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. The explosion killed four young African-American girls, Addie Mae Collins (age 14, memorial # 6433252), Denise McNair (age 11, memorial # 6433280), Carole Robertson (age 14, memorial # 6433311), and Cynthia Wesley (age 14, memorial # 6433296), and injured 22 others. The bombing marked a turning point in the African-American civil rights movement.
The FBI listed Mr. Cherry as a suspect in the bombing in 1965. He was not indicted on murder charges until 2001. In 2002, Mr. Cherry was convicted of four counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison. He died at the Kilby Correctional Facility hospital unit in Montgomery County, Alabama.
One of Mr. Cherry's convicted co-conspirators was Robert Edwin Chambliss (memorial
# 11212947). Herman Frank Cash (memorial # 129595549) was another suspect who died before he could be charged. Another convict, Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr., died in prison on 26 Jun 2020.
Bobby Frank Cherry was one of the orchestrators of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. The explosion killed four young African-American girls, Addie Mae Collins (age 14, memorial # 6433252), Denise McNair (age 11, memorial # 6433280), Carole Robertson (age 14, memorial # 6433311), and Cynthia Wesley (age 14, memorial # 6433296), and injured 22 others. The bombing marked a turning point in the African-American civil rights movement.
The FBI listed Mr. Cherry as a suspect in the bombing in 1965. He was not indicted on murder charges until 2001. In 2002, Mr. Cherry was convicted of four counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison. He died at the Kilby Correctional Facility hospital unit in Montgomery County, Alabama.
One of Mr. Cherry's convicted co-conspirators was Robert Edwin Chambliss (memorial
# 11212947). Herman Frank Cash (memorial # 129595549) was another suspect who died before he could be charged. Another convict, Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr., died in prison on 26 Jun 2020.
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