Two images we used for the 6-9 & 10-12 yr olds history classes in the Omega Dr. Carter G. Woodson Academy yesterday. IMAGE 1--Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth in front of his home after it was bombed Christmas Day 1956, 5 days after he said he'd be working to desegregate buses in Bombingham. We used this photo to discuss his leadership of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and their work to establish citizen rights for African Americans in Bombingham, AL;
IMAGE 2-Robert Chambliss "Dynamite Bob" being taken into custody in 1963 for the 16th Street Church bombing. He was eventually convicted of the murder of Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson & Denise McNair and, according to an FBI informant, was the bomber of Shuttlesworth's home on 12.25.56. We used this photo to discuss ongoing and terroristic response of White Bombingham to when African Americans tried to establish their civil rights. Shuttlesworth dies of old age in 2011 and Chambliss dies in 1985, while still serving multiple life sentences. Source: Carry Me Home by Diane McWhorter