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Analysis Of The Poem Ballad Of Birmingham Dudley Randall

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Do you believe you are safe in church? In the poem Ballad of Birmingham Dudley Randall wrote about a church bombing. This bombing changed so many lives for the worse. According to the Hartford Institute of Religion Research, more than 40 percent of Americans go to church weekly. Church should be like a safe haven where you go to worship your lord. Everyone should feel safe in Gods temple. “May i go downtown instead of out to play.” “no, but you may go to church instead and sing in the children 's choir.” Mothers and fathers send their children to church to keep them out of the streets, praying they are safe in their Lords home. At 10:19AM on September 15th 1963 the 16th street Baptist church was bombed. Four african american girls
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