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James Coyle

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Aug 11, 1921

Victim Details

James Coyle

Male

Birmingham

AL

1921-08-11

48

James

Coyle

06/29/2026

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In the quiet setting of a Birmingham, Alabama rectory porch on a warm August evening in 1921, a story of love, faith, and deadly prejudice unfolded, ending the life of a respected priest. Father James Edwin Coyle, a 48-year-old male of Irish descent, was shot and killed on August 11th of that year. His death was not a random act of violence but the culmination of simmering racial and religious hatred, brought to a boil by a marriage he had performed just hours earlier.

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  • al: The Week in Birmingham History: Father James Coyle murdered; tear gas attack at Loveman's
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