Sunday, May 9, 2010

I would like constructive critisism for this piece. I wanna know what worked and didn't work. Thank you.

The Birmingham Courier

September 15, 1963"The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Tragedy." At 9 A.M. this morning at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church there were around 80 teenage African American girls standing around in the lobby before Sunday school. It was a chilly morning today in the summer, low 60's. The instructor of the Sunday school class was a middle aged women named Ella C. Demand. The main idea and point of her class was to teach "love and forgiveness". Almost all of the girls in the class knew each other and were friends. They even attended the same church service. Several girls at the church said the day seemed like any other Sunday. Except at 10:22 A.M. it wasn't such a normal day at church, a huge explosion shook the Baptist church down to its foundation. If you were anywhere near the big explosion, the noise was deafening. One of the classroom walls collapsed as several young girls ran for their lives screaming in terror. Most of the people in the church still did not know where the explosion had occured at that point. There were many wounded. As of right now a reported four deaths and still some missing. Law enforcment are still investigating the bombing and have said they have suspects. However, they are not releasing any names at this point. It was a heart breaking day in Birmingham, now known as "Bombingham" Alabama where most are still shocked!

2 comments:

  1. I think this is a good piece. You did a good job at describing evetything.

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  2. Good job on this news article! It's quite informational, though the aspects were well described. The perspective is interesting to consider, as well- the tone of voice could be imagined shortly after the bombing. Well done.

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