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* ''[[Bombingham (novel)|Bombingham]]'', a 2002 novel by | * ''[[Bombingham (novel)|Bombingham]]'', a 2002 novel by | ||
* ''[[Bombingham (AMC series)|Bombingham]]'' a television series in development for AMC | * ''[[Bombingham (AMC series)|Bombingham]]'' a television series in development for AMC | ||
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# "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,830325,00.html Freedom--Now]." (May 17, 1963) ''Time'' - accessed January 30, 2007. | |||
# Birnbaum, Jesse (September 27, 1963) "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875153,00.html Where the Stars Fall]" ''Time'' - accessed January 30, 2007. | |||
[[Category:Birmingham nicknames]] | [[Category:Birmingham nicknames]] | ||
Revision as of 02:33, 29 March 2014
- This article is about Birmingham nickname. For the 2002 novel, see Bombingham (novel).
Bombingham was a derisive nickname for Birmingham given because of numerous "unsolved" bombings of African American leaders' homes and meeting places during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and '60s.
The nickname was used predominantly by African Americans.1 The name had been in use earlier, but by 1963, even before the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church, the name was making the national press.1 With the 16th Street Baptist bombing, there had been 50 bombings in Birmingham since 1947 linked to race issues, all of them officially unsolved at the time.2
See also
- List of racially-motivated bombings
- Bombingham, a 2002 novel by
- Bombingham a television series in development for AMC
References
- "Freedom--Now." (May 17, 1963) Time - accessed January 30, 2007.
- Birnbaum, Jesse (September 27, 1963) "Where the Stars Fall" Time - accessed January 30, 2007.