Alabama " is a composition written by John Coltrane that appears on his album '' Live at Birdland '' ( 1963 ) . It was written in response to the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing on September 15 , 1963 , an attack by the Ku Klux Klan in Birmingham , Alabama that killed four African-American girls
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Alabama (John Coltrane song)