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Robert Edward Chambliss

Full Name:	Robert Edward Chambliss
Alias:	Dynamite Bob
Origin:	Pratt, Kansas, United States
Occupation:	Truck driver
Hobby:	Bombing homes and churches
Goals:	Kill as many black people as he can (failed)
Crimes:	Mass murder Terrorism Racism Arson Negrophobia Xenophobia
Type of Villain:	Xenophobic Terrorist

Robert Edward Chambliss (January 14, 1904 - October 29, 1985) was a white supremacist terrorist who acted as the main perpetrator of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963 that killed 4 small girls. He was a member of the United Klans of America, the largest Ku Klux Klan group at the time, who in addition to bombing a church, alledegly firebombed several homes. In 1977, he was sentenced to life in prison and died in 1985.

Villainy edit

A May 13, 1965 memo Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director J. Edgar Hoover identified Chambliss, Bobby Frank Cherry, Herman Frank Cash and Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. as suspects in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing which resulted in the death of four young African-American girls.^[1]

The investigation was originally closed in 1968; no charges were filed. Years later it was found that the FBI had accumulated evidence against the named suspects that had not been revealed to the prosecutors by order of J. Edgar Hoover. The files were used by Alabama attorney general Bill Baxley to reopen the case in 1971.^[1] In 1977 Chambliss was convicted of murder for the bombing and sentenced to several terms of life imprisonment. Chambliss served his time in a prison near Montgomery, Alabama. He died in prison in 1985, still proclaiming his innocence. He was 81.

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-'''Robert Edward Chambliss''' (January 14, 1904 - October 29, 1985) was the main perpetrator for a bombing that took place in Alabama and killed 4 small girls. He was a member of the Ku Klux Klan who in addiction to bombing a church, bombed several homes. In 1977, he was sentenced to life in prison and died in 1985.
+|alias = Dynamite Bob
+|origin = Pratt, Kansas, United States
+|occupation = Truck driver
+|type of villain = Xenophobic Terrorist
+|goals = Kill as many black people as he can (failed)
+|crimes = Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Racism]]<br>[[Arson]]<br>[[Negrophobia]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]
+|hobby = Bombing homes and churches}}
+'''Robert Edward Chambliss''' (January 14, 1904 - October 29, 1985) was a [[White Supremacy|white supremacist]] terrorist who acted as the main perpetrator of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963 that killed 4 small girls. He was a member of the [[United Klans of America]], the largest [[Ku Klux Klan]] group at the time, who in addition to bombing a church, alledegly firebombed several homes. In 1977, he was sentenced to life in prison and died in 1985.
 ==Villainy==
+A May 13, 1965 memo [[Wikipedia:Federal Bureau of Investigation|Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) director [[J. Edgar Hoover]] identified Chambliss, [[Bobby Frank Cherry]], [[Herman Frank Cash]] and [[Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr.]] as suspects in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing which resulted in the death of four young African-American girls.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-LAT_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edward_Chambliss#cite_note-LAT-1 [1]]</sup>
+The investigation was originally closed in 1968; no charges were filed. Years later it was found that the FBI had accumulated evidence against the named suspects that had not been revealed to the prosecutors by order of J. Edgar Hoover. The files were used by Alabama attorney general Bill Baxley to reopen the case in 1971.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-LAT_1-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edward_Chambliss#cite_note-LAT-1 [1]]</sup> In 1977 Chambliss was convicted of murder for the bombing and sentenced to several terms of life imprisonment.  Chambliss served his time in a prison near Montgomery, Alabama. He died in prison in 1985, still proclaiming his innocence. He was 81.
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-A May 13, 1965 memo [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation] (FBI) director [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover J. Edgar Hoover] identified Chambliss, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Frank_Cherry Bobby Frank Cherry], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Frank_Cash Herman Frank Cash] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_E._Blanton,_Jr. Thomas E. Blanton, Jr.] as suspects in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing which resulted in the death of four young African-American girls.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-LAT_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edward_Chambliss#cite_note-LAT-1 [1]]</sup>
-The investigation was originally closed in 1968; no charges were filed. Years later it was found that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI FBI] had accumulated evidence against the named suspects that had not been revealed to the prosecutors by order of J. Edgar Hoover. The files were used by Alabama [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_general attorney general] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Baxley Bill Baxley] to reopen the case in 1971.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-LAT_1-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edward_Chambliss#cite_note-LAT-1 [1]]</sup> In 1977 Chambliss was convicted of murder for the bombing and sentenced to several terms of life imprisonment.  Chambliss served his time in a prison near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama Montgomery, Alabama].  He died in prison in 1985, still proclaiming his innocence. He was 81.
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