User:Stephimsmith/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
16th Street Baptist Church bombing

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I had never heard of this particular bombing before. I've studied the Birmingham campaign in school, but it mainly focused on Martin Luther King Jr's time in jail. The attacks by the Ku Klux Klan was not talked about in-depth, likely because of how horrifying they were. This one is particularly evil in that it resulted in the deaths of four young girls.

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This article was especially detailed and included extensive descriptions of the funerals held for the girls; the FBI investigation of the case; and each KKK member prosecuted for involvement in the bombing. At the end, there was a bulleted list of media and memorials that reference the bombing, including songs, movies and books, both fiction and non-fiction. There were over 150 sources, of which include the Guardian and the Associated Press (both reputable news organizations). The lead includes vital information about the logistics of the bombing as well as the eventual prosecution of the KKK members. The only distraction I was able to find was the occasional grammatical error (i.e. "in a speech conducted, King addressed mourners with a speech...") though nothing distracted me from the actual article; everything referenced was directly related to either the bombing, the church, the girls killed or the involved KKK.