US exhibition brings to light historic bombing of black church

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US exhibition brings to light historic bombing of black church

An exhibition in the United States is trying to bring new perspective to an event that proved to be a turning point in the struggle for civil rights.

Fifty-five years ago a black church in the southern city of Birmingham was bombed, killing four African American girls and unleashing a wave a violence in many parts of the country.

 

Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports.