This Day in History: 09/15/1978 - Ali Defeats Spinks - HISTORY

In this This Day in History video, the 9/15 Baptist church bombing by the Ku Klux Klan is covered. Four young girls were killed during Governor George Wallace's administration. It took 14 years to even charge one suspect.

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