Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

On Sunday September 15, 1963, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was besieged by the Ku Klux Klan. The besieging brought about the passing of four young ladies. This demonstration united a country and had a major influence in guaranteeing the entry of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The congregation was reestablished and revived in 1964 with the assistance of gifts from around the world.The sixteenth Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, that is frequented dominatingly by African Americans. In 1963, the congregation was the objective of the racially inspired shelling that slaughtered four young ladies amidst the Civil Rights Movement. The congregation is still in activity and is a focal point of interest in the Birmingham Civil Rights District. It was assigned as a National Historic Landmark in 2006. Since 2008, it has additionally been on the UNESCO rundown of provisional World Heritage Sites