What event three weeks after the March on Washington showed Americans that change was needed?

On the morning of September 15th, 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was bombed. The church had an African American congregation and had been a key meeting place for demonstrators campaigning for civil rights. The bomb had been planted at the church several hours earlier by members of the Klu Klux Klan and detonated before a service, killing four girls and injuring hundreds more. The shocking attack and the resulting casualties caused many to refocus on the necessity of civil rights for all in the United States.

Three weeks after the March on Washington, the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963, occurred. This tragic event resulted in the deaths of four African American girls and injured many others. The bombing highlighted the urgent need for change in American society and intensified the call for civil rights legislation.