Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing That Changed the Course of Civil Rights

by Doug Jones

The story of the decades-long fight to bring justice to the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, culminating in Sen. Doug Jones' prosecution of the last living bombers.

On September 15, 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed. The blast killed four young girls and injured twenty-two others. The FBI suspected four particularly radical Ku Klux Klan members. Yet due to reluctant witnesses,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250353815
• ISBN13: 9781250353818
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"