Wales Window for Alabama

Petts visited Alabama and opted to construct a stained-glass image of a Black Christ.

The Welsh public paid for the construction of the art work in Wales, and its delivery and installation at the 16th Street Baptist Church.

[1] In 2023 Vaughan Gething, the first black minister in the Welsh Government, visited Birmingham for the 60th anniversary of the bombing.

[3] In 2013, to mark the 50th anniversary of the bombing, Petts's original designs were displayed at the National Library of Wales.

[4] In September 2018, it was reported that the church was concerned that Alabama's stormy weather would destroy the window and appealed to the public to raise funds to preserve it.