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ERIC Number: EJ633995
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1077-3711
Alabama University Professor's View of the Birmingham Bombing Trial.
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n32 p110-14 Sum 2001
Presents the views of Alabama university scholars regarding the historical significance of the 2001 trial of Thomas Blanton for his role in the Ku Klux Klan bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama thet killed four girls. Their discussions note the need to examine the American judicial system, the weak case against Mr. Blanton, and the message of hope the trial provided. (SM)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Law Enforcement, Racial Bias, Segregationist Organizations, Sentencing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans; Civil Disturbances; Ku Klux Klan