"a bomb hurled from a passing car blasted a crowded negro church today, killing four girls in their sunday school classes and triggering outbreaks of violence that left two more persons dead in the streets. two negro youths were killed in outbreaks of shooting seven hours after the 16th street baptist church was bombed, and a third was wounded. as darkness closed over the city hours later, shots crackled sporadically in the negro sections. stones smashed into cars driven by whites." the washington post, september 16, 1963 this article is describing events in what city? a) atlanta b) birmingham c) charleston d) nashville

Read the excerpt from suffragists' "great demand" banner. in june 1917, the district of columbia police began arresting picketers for obstructing sidewalk traffic. the women would be sentenced to serve in the occoquan workhouse prison in lorton, virginia. in august, scuffles broke out at the gates of the white house as angry spectators assaulted suffragists while city police stood by. the picketing continued. on october 20, alice paul was arrested and sentenced to seven months in jail. she and her companions were held in solitary confinement and denied counsel. paul went on a hunger strike and was violently force-fed. authorities confined her to a psychiatric ward in an effort to discredit her. on november 14, thirty women in the workhouse prison were beaten, threatened, and mistreated in what came to be known as the night of terror. chronological structure is used in this passage to emphasize the increasing aggression against women activists. clarify the purpose of the occoquan workhouse prison system. explain the relationship between alice paul and the authorities. define the types of women who were sentenced and imprisoned.