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Johnny Robinson

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Sep 15, 1963

Victim Details

Johnny Robinson

Male

Black / African American

Birmingham

AL

1963-09-15

16

Johnny

Robinson

Yes

06/26/2026

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On a tense Sunday afternoon in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963, a 16-year-old African-American male named Johnny Robinson lost his life. The city was a powder keg of racial unrest, reeling from the morning's bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four young Black girls. In the turmoil that followed, Robinson was with a group of friends near a gas station when a car of white teenagers drove by, shouting racial slurs and waving a Confederate flag. The exchange escalated, ...
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  • Johnny Robinson | Un(re)solved | FRONTLINE | PBS| Web Interactive
  • https://www.npr.org/2010/09/15/129856740/johnnys-death-the-untold-tragedy-in-birmingham
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    I've been reading more about the tragic events of September 15, 1963, and I came across Johnny Robin... ...Read More
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