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FREEDOM OF INFORMATIONAND

PRIVACY ACTS

SUBJECT: BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMACSIXTEENTHSTREET BAPTIST CHURCHP

BOMBING/SEPTEMBER 15, 1963

PART 1 OF 11

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION I

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receiving inquiries from the press and intended to answer themto the effect

investigationMr. Leinbaughpress release

that the FBI has entered this case and a full

is being conducted. This was cleared withof Mr. DeLoach�s office who indicated that thiswould be sufficient for press inquiries but any

formal press release should be issued from Bureau headquarters

ASAC Jensen made a request for some 35 millimeter _Tri-X film, It was a r this fil ortede~to Birmingham by S and SA fromthe Laboratory who accompanied three Departmen a a o s zto Birmingham by military jet transport which left Andrews Air ,Force Base at 6.30 p.m, a

In addition to SA$an Departmental �lattorneys Burke Marshall,Birmingha e eveningcalled SA o insure

Jos an an 0 n olan flew to

Of 9/15/63, At 5:30 p.m. Mr. Belmontthat personnel dealing with the

situation re of the instructions that we will not furnish

the Department a blow by blow description of our investigationinto this matter. Any inquiries should be answered to the effectthat we are conducting an investigation. Mr. Belmont also desired

that Birmingham be instructed not to be furnishing spot reportsto Departmental personnel. At 5:35 p.m. these instructions werepassed on to SAC Faisst and at 6:55 p.m. to ASAC Jensen.

At 5:35 p.m. SAC Faisst advised he had received a callfrom Chief United States Deputy Marshal Dan Moore in Birminghamwho in turn received word from Chief Marshal John McShane thatMr. Katzenbach desired United States Marshals to escort Negro

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SAC Faisst advised that the Chief of Police Jamie Moorehad made a request that 150 uniformed officers of the AlabamaHighway Patrol be sent to the city of Birmingham to maintainorder.

SAC Faisst indicated that the area of the church

bombing was hazardous in

might collapse. A lightby the Birmingham Policehave been checked out by

that some of the walls of the church

tan Qldsmohile which had been stoppedDepartment with two white men in itthe Police Department and the occupants

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BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH, SIXTYTHREE,

BONBING MATTERS, PAREN OO BIRMINGHAM END PAREN-

REBUTEL SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH, SIXTY THREE. RETEL

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At 1:45 P.H,, Eastern Daylight Savings Time, AssistantSpecial Agent in Charge Robert Jensen, Birmingham, advised theSAC and Agents oi the Birmingham Oiiice were at the scene oi thebombing conducting investigation. They had determined from FireMarshal Rosenield that he estimated ten sticks oi 40 per centdynamite had been dropped on the road surface near the church andignited with a fuse-type igniter. He stated damage to the churchlwas extensive, probably as much as $20,000 to $30,000. Investigationis being coordinated with the Birmingham Police Department andLieutenant House of the Birmingham solice Departsent is at thehospital attempting to identity the dead and injured.

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CONDUCTED BY LABORATORY AGEENTS, ACCOMPANIED BY TEAM OF BIRMINGHAM C

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OF THE OTHER KKK MEMBERS INTERVIEUED THIS DATE TWO INDICATED A

DESIRE TO FURNISH INFO, ONE STATING HE HAD A LIST OF BLACK MUSLIMS

H WOULD LIKE TO FURNISH AS SUSPECTS. THE OTHER STATED HE KNEW THE

IDENTITY OF A KLAN MEMBER WHO ALLEGEDLY HAS A CASE OF DYNAMITE AND

MILL ATTEMPT TO SECURE A STICK FOR AGENTS.

FOUR. CARS VICINITY OF CHURCH. OWNERS OF ALL CARS TO DATE

KNOWN TO BE IN THE VICINITY OF THE CHURCH AT THE TIME OF THE BLAST

INTERVIEHED TO NO AVAIL.

FIVE. ALL ANONYMOUS TELEPHONE CALLS AND EXPEDITE LEADS

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SIX. FUTURE INVESTIGATION. HE NOW HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS

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GARBAGE COLLECTORS, MAIL TRUCKS, TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES,

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the explosive was placed on the Sixteenth Street side oi the church

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At approximately 10:19 a.m., Central Standard Time CST!, Q0the 16th Street Baptist Church, located at 16th Street and 6thAvenue, North, Birmingham, Alabama was bombed This is la arge{Negro church in which many pro�integration demouetratieue have beenh 1d d 1 " &#39;e ur ng the past year. iw 5

�&#39; B The following individuals are reported to hate died in theH bombing: Carol Robertson, aged 14; Addie Collins, aged� 14; Denisef �92/lhc�air, aged l9; Cynthia tesley, aged 14, all Hegro females. In � &#39;

, g egro mal 65 Negro females and 2 white temales. -addition, 16 other persons were injured consistin oi 9 N féia

_ The rear end oi the church was badly damaged._ A tire &#39;3�marshal in Birmingham estimated that 10 sticks of dynamite had beendropped on the road surface near the church and ignited with a fuse-type igniter. He estimated the damage to the church would run ashigh as $20,000 to $30,000.

A iull investigation was immediately instituted bBirmingham Oiiice and SAC Raymond L. Faisst promptly proceethe scene to take charge of our investigation and to coordi &#39;activities with the Birmingham Police Department PD!. __ �>1�

2; ., Deputy Attorney General Katzenbach, who called Hr{§£va�§on Q/15/63 concerning the bombing, was advised that we had initiatedan_immediate investigation into the matter and that a Bureadio =~Inspector and a special squad oi Agents had been sent into Birmingham.

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{informatics cf possible assistance; The tactic cf first interviewing;1esser persons in Klan and hate groups is being utilized in view ofthe heinous nature of the crime and the possibility that suchindividuals would not condone such a crime. The normal proceduresof interviewing key individuals in these organizations are, of

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; The Birmingham Office has completed interviews with personsiwho reported they had information of possible value and are proceedinglwith interviews of pessible witnesses who were in the area at thetime of the explosion. No information of value has yet beenl&#39;developed concerning the identities of the individuals responsible -for the crime. Two automobiles, which were reported as possiblybeing involved, have been checked out and no pertinent information

ldeveloped.A preliminary examination of the crime scene by the two

�representatives from the FBI Laboratory confirmed the opinion of thelocal fire marshal that a high order explosive, possibly dynamite,was used in the b0mbing,&#39; A detailed foot-by-foot crime scenesearch will be conducted on the morning of 9/16/63 during thedaylight hours.

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. Dynamite sources are being cheched out for possibleleads and inquiries are also being made as to any recent thefts of

ldynamite in the Alabama area. Detailed neighborhood investigations_

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ninformation regarding any suspicious persons who may have been in 9292_�the area at the pertinent time. Our informants have been alertedgand close contact is being maintained with them.

ii In addition to the deaths which occurred as a result ofthe church bombing, two other Negroes were killed in Birminghamon 9/15/63. In one incident Johnny Robinson, aged 16, was shot

#!and killed, reportedly by an officer of the Birmingham PD as anoutgrowth of Negroes throwing bricks and rocks at police officersin the vicinity of Bth Avenue and 26th Street, North. In thesecond incident, Virgil Ware, aged 13, was shot and killed onSandusky Road, between Adamsville and Graysville, Alabama, suburbs

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The Birmingham Office will keep the Bureau advised ofpertinent developments regarding the deaths of Robinson and Ware.

With regard to the situation in Birmingham, the cityremained relatively quiet during the night. Chief of PoliceJamie Moore advised our Birmingham Office that he had requestedthat 150 uniformed officers of the Alabama Highway Patrol be sentto Birmingham to assist in maintaining order. These officersarrived in Birmingham on the night of 9/15/63. Units of theAlabama National Guard in Birmingham have reportedly been alertedand a number of National Guardsmen are reportedly standing by atarmories in Birmingham.

ACTION:

This matter is receiving close personal supervision andpertinent developments will be immediately brought to your attention.

A memorandum to the Attorney General, advising him ofpertinent details of the bombing and of the fact that he re ucjrinitiated immediat investiga �on, is being�?repar d. g¢JC

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I called Moore and told him that arrangements should be made so

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,__ Q-�_-..¢--&#39;If� 92&#39;.-é Miss� Qttenberg had talked with J aclt Rosenthal in C-uth.rnan&#39;s oftice ii

the Department and called here to "get her facts straight� as she put itfg;;r_.� .> u - -in

-. - The story as put together by Miss Ottenberg after talkingwithH | Mr Hosenthal was completely distorted, facts were wrong and the impression wasfgrlen the FBI had not sggved any cases and not &#39; ve% a oi1 t ea� thecivil iii ht?� i F -ls» &#39;L &#39;&~a,an;.~§.-5e.s§E_+.-JLI. J- We told Miss Qttenherg that we could not help her too much on Y,

current matter. We then explained most carefully the FBI&#39;s jurisdiction in civil Lrights cases, the accomplishments of the FBI in these cases and the provisions of thCivil Rights Act of 1960. We pointed out that the FBI entered the September 15th

gchtn-ch bombing at once because of an indicgion oi a violation oi� Federal law and tha"&#39;w&#39;/e have closely and carefully advised the Department of Justice of the facts in theother bombings in Birmingham and that there are four cases wherein the Departmentauthorized investigation following an indication of a violation of Federal law withinthe FBl&#39;s jorisdictioni 7- g_= &#39;

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_Negro church bombina in Bir-mingham Sunday becausethere was an immediate indi-{cation a Federal law had been92_vio1ated, an FBI spokesman~S&1d today. _

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home oi the Rev. A. D. King.�The bombing oi the A. G. Gas-ton Motel on the same night.The September 14 bombing� oithe home of Arthur Shores, a

Shores� home had been bombeda month earlier, but the FBIdid not enter the investigationin that case. "

Although limited in its owninvestigative role to the casesindicating direct violation oiFederal laws, the FBI has oi�-

tificatlon iacilities to local�police and has pursued out-oi-State leads. -

h The FBI can and does in-�livestigate bombings and similarxviolence under other Federallaws. Thus, FBI agents inves-Irtigated the bombing of a Free-��dom Riders� bus at Annlston.%Aia., as a violation 0! inter-�state commerce laws and in-vestigated church burnings inGeorgia as a violation oi laws

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It is with sincere interest, that according to the news on theRadio this A. M;_,the writer has learned that men of your Agency are nowinvestigating the most recent bombéng, and I hope they are most successfulin apprehending the guilty party §é�,~ parties in the very near future.

Although the writer in the capacity as a reglatory officialfor the Michigan Department of -Agriculture for many has had someexperience in enforcement and investigation work, it is as a Neophyte inrespect to men of your Department, that I offer the following information.As an outsider, and basing mh opinion on News éilpdy - it strikes the writer tithese bombings are the work of an organization-5; someone trained in handliof explosive. Perhaps an ex-service man trained in handling demogg�n charor perhaps even at present a member of the Local or State Police, per-haps a member of the Alabama National Guard. I realize that to operate on -.this assumption, and check such information out - eeua be along an tediousprocess, perhaps ending in naught. However, back in the second world war :as a member of the U. S. Airforce, I served several years at various basesin the deep South; and associated with agood many Southern soldiers, and Iknow of the deep hate, and disrespect, that was harbored by some of the Rebtsoldiers, for the colored populations. Some could never be educated tothink differently. With out a doubt, your office has given thought to this sam<thing - but Lmake mention of the same - for as an outsider considering that8 such bombings have taken place without an apprehension - this does notappear to be the work of a crack-pot.

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