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Blaming Victims For Mail Bombs Carries Echoes Of Civil Rights Bombings

A white casket containing the body of 14-year-old Carol Robertson, one of four young African-American girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing by Ku Klux Klan members, is carried in for funeral services in 1963 in Birmingham, Ala. Bettmann/Bettmann Archive via Getty Images hide caption

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Blaming Victims For Mail Bombs Carries Echoes Of Civil Rights Bombings

The speculation surrounding a string of mail bombs harks back to another era in American history, when bombs were a tool of political intimidation and when bombings were blamed on the victims.

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Pittsburgh Shooting Update

by Scott Simon , Shannon Van Sant

Pittsburgh Shooting Update

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National Security

Cesar Sayoc: What We Know

by Greg Myre

Cesar Sayoc: What We Know

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Politics

Saturday Politics: Trump Responds To Mail Bomb Case

by Ron Elving

Saturday Politics: Trump Responds To Mail Bomb Case

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Demus Charles Atlas

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Snow Before Us Charles Atlas

Opinion: Trump's White House, A Bully's Pulpit

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Simon Says

Opinion: Trump's White House, A Bully's Pulpit

by Scott Simon

Opinion: Trump's White House, A Bully's Pulpit

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World

The Future Of U.S.-Saudi Relations

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Middle East

Yemen Faces Massive Famine

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Never Mess With Sunday Yppah

A Brutal Lynching And A Possible Confession, Decades Later

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A Brutal Lynching And A Possible Confession, Decades Later

by Wade Goodwyn

A Brutal Lynching And A Possible Confession, Decades Later

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Outreach Group Tries To Bring Out Navajo Voters

by Erik Neumann

Outreach Group Tries To Bring Out Navajo Voters

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On The Scene At Pittsburgh Shooting

by Scott Simon , Lucy Perkins

On The Scene At Pittsburgh Shooting

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Technology

Russian Trolls Tried To Influence Debate Over NFL Players Kneeling During Anthem

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Pop Culture

'Wait Wait' Turns 20

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A 'Cosmic Connection' Between 2 Violinists

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Music Interviews

A 'Cosmic Connection' Between 2 Violinists

by Ned Wharton

A 'Cosmic Connection' Between 2 Violinists

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Canterbury Tales 2. The Bishop Checkmates Geoffry Wharton and Kristi Becker

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Canterbury Tales 3. The Duke Takes a Train Geoffry Wharton and Kristi Becker

National Security

Update On Florida Mail Bomb Suspect

by Ryan Lucas

Update On Florida Mail Bomb Suspect

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Ebony Lo Greco Boys, Flow Bop

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End of Summer Lo Greco Boys, Flow Bop

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Professor Stephen Carter On Mail Bombs, Trump And Political Rhetoric

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The Latest On Pittsburgh Shooting

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World

Putin Warns Of Nuclear Arms Race

by Lucian Kim

Putin Warns Of Nuclear Arms Race

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Latin America

Salvadoran Migrant On Journeying In Caravan

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Fish Nokiaa, Dontcry

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Kiss from a Rose Seal

National

Details Unfold About The Pittsburgh Shooting

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Spooky Scary Skeletons - Remix Dr. Stiig

Politics

Democrats And Labor Aim For Gains In Ohio

by Don Gonyea

Democrats And Labor Aim For Gains In Ohio

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Blaming Victims For Mail Bombs Carries Echoes Of Civil Rights Bombings

by Debbie Elliott

Blaming Victims For Mail Bombs Carries Echoes Of Civil Rights Bombings

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Animals

Why Did The Sea Lion Cross The Road?

by Scott Simon

Why Did The Sea Lion Cross The Road?

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Days to Come Bonobo

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Recurring Bonobo

Strange News

The Times Bodies Rested In Pieces, Or Not At All

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Media

Tracking This Year's Negative Political Ads

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Sports

Saturday Sports: This Segment Won't Be 18 Innings Long

by Tom Goldman

Saturday Sports: This Segment Won't Be 18 Innings Long

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Bob Cousy, 90, Still Rues The Assists He Didn't Make To Bill Russell

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Bob Cousy, 90, Still Rues The Assists He Didn't Make To Bill Russell

by Scott Simon

Bob Cousy, 90, Still Rues The Assists He Didn't Make To Bill Russell

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