On September 7, 1963, four members of the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four African-American girls. The bombing was a racially motivated act of terrorism and became a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. The tragedy led to widespread outrage and increased national and international support for civil rights reforms. Despite the bombers identities being known, justice was delayed for decades, as the case was only fully prosecuted in the 1970s and 2000s. The bombing remains a symbol of the violent resistance to the Civil Rights Movement in the South.