11/21/2023 0 Comments Thomas edwin blanton jr. doig jones![]() ![]() That was a dark day that will never be forgotten in both Alabama’s history and that of our nation. His role in the hateful act on Septemstole the lives of four innocent girls and injured many others. “While serving a life sentence, Thomas Edwin Blanton, Jr., the last surviving 16th Street Baptist Church bomber, has passed away from natural causes. Governor Kay Ivey on Friday issued this statement: But ultimately, I hope that he repented to the Lord for this sin and made his peace before he died."- WBRC Steve Crocker June 26, 2020 "I wished I could have sat down with him to find out if he had had a change of heart. Lisa McNair, sister of Denise, McNair on the death of church bomber Thomas Blanton: But ultimately, I hope that he repented to the Lord for this sin and made his peace before he died.” “I wished I could have sat down with him to find out if he had had a change of heart. McNair’s sister, Lisa issued this statement on Blanton’s death: Tommy Blanton may be gone, but we still have work to do.” At this moment in our nation when we have all come to realize that the journey to racial justice has taken far too long, we must come together. However, what the families of those girls, and the entire community of Birmingham, do know today is that when we come together and demand justice, we can achieve it. That he died at this moment, when the country is trying to reconcile the multi-generational failure to end systemic racism, seems fitting. The fact that after the bombing, he went on to remain a free man for nearly four decades speaks to a broader systemic failure to hold him and his accomplices accountable. “Tommy Blanton is responsible for one of the darkest days in Alabama’s history, and he will go to his resting place without ever having atoned for his actions or apologizing to the countless people he hurt. Jones released this statement on Blanton’s death: ![]()
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