16th Street Baptist Church bombing Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Music=== * The song "[[Birmingham Sunday]]" is directly inspired by the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. Written in 1964 by [[Richard Fariña]] and recorded by Fariña's sister-in-law, [[Joan Baez]], the song was included on Baez's 1964 album ''[[Joan Baez/5]]''. The song would also be covered by [[Rhiannon Giddens]], and is included on her 2017 album ''[[Freedom Highway (Rhiannon Giddens album)|Freedom Highway]]''.<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/freedom-highway-mw0003008277 |title=Freedom Highway – Rhiannon Giddens |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=February 1, 2021}}</ref> * [[Nina Simone]]'s 1964 civil rights anthem "[[Mississippi Goddam]]" is partially inspired by the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. The lyric "Alabama's got me so upset" refers to this incident.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://longreads.com/2017/04/20/a-history-of-american-protest-music-when-nina-simone-sang-what-everyone-was-thinking/|title=A History of American Protest: When Nina Simone Sang what Everyone was Thinking|website=longreads.com|date=April 20, 2017|access-date=September 13, 2020}}</ref> * Jazz musician [[John Coltrane]]'s 1964 album ''[[Live at Birdland (John Coltrane album)|Live at Birdland]]'' includes the track "[[Alabama (John Coltrane song)|Alabama]]", recorded two months after the bombing. This song was written as a direct musical tribute to the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/john-coltrane-live-at-birdland|title=On John Coltrane's "Alabama"|website=allaboutjazz.com|date=August 10, 2005 |access-date=September 13, 2020}}</ref> * African-American composer [[Adolphus Hailstork]]'s 1982 work for wind ensemble titled ''American Guernica'' was composed in memory of the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=40936|title=American Guernica, LKM Music - Hal Leonard Online|website=halleonard.com|access-date=December 8, 2017}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page