Baxley reopened the cold case of the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing . In a letter , the Ku Klux Klan threatened him , comparing him to John F. Kennedy , and called him an " honorary nigger . " Baxley responded , on official state letterhead : " My response to your letter of February 19 , 1976 , is — kiss my ass . " As Alabama Attorney General , Baxley became known in 1977 for his case against a splinter group of the Ku Klux Klan in his prosecution of Robert Chambliss for the cold case of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham in September 1963
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Bill Baxley