Tomorrow marks the 27th anniversary of a devastating event in United States history. On April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City was bombed, killing dozens of adults and nearly twenty children. What else was being reported on such a sad day?

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“Advertisement: K&B Drugs.” The Yazoo Herald (Yazoo City, Mississippi), April 19, 1995. www.newspapers.com.

CLC Member. “We Remember Iqbal Masih's Life.” Strop Child Labor, April 16, 2021. https://stopchildlabor.org/we-remember-iqbal-masihs-life-a-call-to-human-rights-vigilance/.

Gannon, Kathy. “Boy's Voice of Courage Is Silenced by Gunman.” The Tallahassee Democrat (Tallahassee, Florida), April 19, 1995. www.newspapers.com.

Hawkes, Jeff. “Swarr Case Closed with Last Guilty Plea.” Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), April 19, 1995. www.newspapers.com.

“Heather Whitestone.” Premiere Speakers Bureau. Accessed March 21, 2022. https://premierespeakers.com/christian/heather-whitestone/bio#:~:text=In%20Heather's%20first%20book%20entitled,in%20the%20summer%20of%201999.

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“Iqbal's Story.” The World's Children's Prize. Accessed March 21, 2022. https://worldschildrensprize.org/iqbalstory.

Lower, Greg. “Explosion Rocks OKC Fed Building.” Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Oklahoma), April 19, 1995. www.newspapers.com.

“Oklahoma City Bombing.” FBI. FBI, May 18, 2016. https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/oklahoma-city-bombing.

Potempa, Philip. “Miss America Speaks Out.” Vidette-Messenger of Porter County (Valparaiso, Indiana), April 19, 1995. www.newspapers.com.

Reinert, Jed. “Swarr Murder Case Was Finally Closed in 1995, after 16 Years.” LancasterOnline, April 19, 2020. https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/swarr-murder-case-was-finally-closed-in-1995-after-16-years-lancaster-that-was/article_9de6272a-7f46-11ea-be9a-333d1cb82da9.html.

“Terry Nichols.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, March 20, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.