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"A Call for Calmness and Restraint"
Nine days before the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights issued a press release outlining strategies for the black population's response to the racial crisis in Birmingham. Rev. Shuttlesworth asserted that "we have come this far by faith -- not by violence." His press release listed six ways that "Negroes can contribute to calmness and a peaceful atmosphere in the days immediately ahead." Despite immeasurable efforts undertaken by the black community to "overcome evil with good." The Klan bombed the church and killed four little girls. Later that same day, two young black boys were also murdered. |