Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr. (born June 20, 1930) was convicted in 2001 of murder for his role as conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963.[1] The bombing killed four young African-American girls (Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley, Addie Mae Collins, and Denise McNair). Blanton was thirty-three years old at the time of the bombing.

He is housed at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, Alabama.[2]

References

  1. ^ Sack, Kevin (2 May 2001). "Ex-Klansman Is Found Guilty in '63 Bombing". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 February 2009. 
  2. ^ "Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr.". Alabama Department of Corrections. Retrieved 5 February 2009. 

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