1963 Birmingham16th Street Baptist Church bomber Thomas Blanton will be considered for parole next year.
The FBI knew the identity of the bombers by 1965, but did nothing. J. Edgar Hoover was the FBI Director and was an outspoken opponent of the Civil Rights Movement.
There was basically no serious bombing investigation till Bill Baxley was elected Attorney General. He reopened the case in 1970.
Blanton was brought to trial in 1980 and prosecuted by current Alabama U.S. Senator Doug Jones. He won a conviction for Blanton and Bobby Frank Cherry for killing Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Denise McNair.
The parole hearing for Blanton will come 45 years after a white supremicist wrote to Baxley complaining about his bombing investigations. Baxley's reply?
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