and attack dogs on protesters. References External links National Park Service: 16th Street Baptist Church bombing history Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Rev. John H. Cross Jr.; Birmingham church was bombed Los Angeles Times: The Rev. John H. Cross Jr., 82; pastor of church bombed in 1963 1925 births 2007 deaths People from Lee County, Arkansas Military personnel from Arkansas Activists for African-American civil rights United States Army personnel of World War II World War II chaplains United States Army chaplains 20th-century Baptist ministers from the United States