On the morning of 15 September 1963, just after Sunday school, four young girls were killed by a bombing orchestrated by Ku Klux Klan members. 16th Street Baptist wins $150K for preserving windows, bell towers & cupola. "Because if you had encountered the situations that were going on here...it was as if nobody cared. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. In 1963, a racist bomb attack on an Alabama church that killed four ... Alabama Birmingham 16th Street Baptist church stained-glass window. Petts hit upon the words of Christ in Matthew 25:40, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me," as evocative of the compassion and faith of the Christian community. 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"To the white community this is that the Jesus you love identifies himself with the African-American community, so you are really crucifying him again when you persecute someone who does not look like you.". Want to work where you love to play? Little did I realize that there is an important and touching link between Wales and Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. I was horrified at the smashing of all those windows, and I thought to myself: my word, what can we do about this?"1. Jim Lowe has spoken about the importance of a physical sign that, "hatred against me and my people was not as widespread as I had been led to believe,"1. and pastor John Cross hopes that, "it might serve as a constant reminder that there are persons in the world whose hearts are filled with love and brotherly kindness."2. Reaction to Trump and Biden's final debate clash, Final US presidential debate fact-checked, Composer with dementia meets students he inspired. "To the white community this is that the Jesus you love identifies himself with the African-American community, so you are really crucifying him again when you persecute someone who does not look like you.". Persuading an undecided voter, Lockdown: 'I cycled every street in my 5km radius' Video, Lockdown: 'I cycled every street in my 5km radius', Presidential debate: Trump and Biden row over Covid, climate and racism, US election 2020: Kristen Welker was 'clear winner' on social media, Coronavirus: North Korea warnings over 'yellow dust coming from China', Australia child abuse: Police arrest 44 suspects and rescue 16 children, Presidential debate: Key takeaways from the Trump-Biden showdown, Covid: US gives full approval for antiviral remdesivir drug. The window is the work of John Petts of Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire, Wales. "An idea doesn't exist unless you do something about it," he said. 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Sixteenth Street was the first black church in Birmingham. Speaking to the BBC in 1987, John Petts recalled: "They had never heard of Wales, they had no idea where it was, but they were very quickly told something of the little country Wales was, and how it put great value on independence and freedom, to bandy with the great big words. The window is the work of John Petts of Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire, Wales. A stained glass window in the 16th Street Baptist Church. Photo by Jon Eastwood. 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In a later interview he recalled his reaction, "Naturally as a father I was horrified by the death of the children.