Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr.
Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. (June 20, 1938 – June 26, 2020) was an American terrorist and convicted felon. At the time of his death, he was serving a life sentence for his role in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, which killed four young African-American girls (Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley, Addie Mae Collins, and Denise McNair).[1]
Blanton was the son of Thomas Edwin "Pops" Blanton Sr., who was a known racist in the Birmingham, Alabama area, and his wife.[2]
On June 26, 2020, Blanton died at William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Alabama of natural causes while serving his life sentence. He was 82 years old.[3][4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Sack, Kevin (May 2, 2001). "Ex-Klansman Is Found Guilty in '63 Bombing". The New York Times. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
- ↑ Clary, Mike (14 April 2001). "Birmingham's Painful Past Reopened". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ↑ Thomas Blanton, 16th Street Baptist Church bomber, dies in prison
- ↑ Genzlinger, Neil (June 26, 2020). "Thomas Blanton, Who Bombed a Birmingham Church, Dies at 82". The New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
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