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The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing: Four Girls Who Changed America Forever
The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing: Four Girls Who Changed America Forever
Four girls were getting ready for Youth Day at church on September 15, 1963, doing what kids do before big moments - checking their hair, smoothing their dresses, making sure they looked perfect. Denise McNair was 11 and loved poetry. Addie Mae Collins was 14 and sold her mom's handmade aprons door-to-door in white neighborhoods. Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley were also 14, chosen as ushers for the service. Sarah Collins, 12, had tagged along with her big sister Addie Mae because that's what little sisters do.
They were at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, which had become the unofficial headquarters for the civil rights movement. Earlier that year, kids as young as eight had organized the Children's Crusade, walking peacefully to city hall to ask about civil rights. Bull Connor's response involved fire hoses and attack dogs against children. The community won that battle, forcing Birmingham to desegregate, but not everyone was celebrating.
At 10:22 AM, instead of walking upstairs for their first adult church service, a bomb planted under the church steps changed everything. Only Sarah survived. The other four became martyrs for a movement that would transform America forever.
This story spans decades - from that terrible Sunday morning to the long fight for justice that didn't end until the 1990s. It's about how hatred can destroy lives in seconds, but also how four girls in their Sunday best ended up changing the world. We'll explore the FBI investigation, the witnesses who were too terrified to speak, and how justice finally caught up with the Ku Klux Klan members responsible.
Sometimes the most important stories are the ones that hurt to tell.
#16thStreetBaptistChurch #BirminghamChurchBombing #CivilRightsMovement #KuKluxKlan #TrueCrime #1963Birmingham #DeniseMcNair
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Four girls were getting ready for Youth Day at church on September 15, 1963, doing what kids do before big moments - checking their hair, smoothing their dresses, making sure they looked perfect. Denise McNair was 11 and loved poetry. Addie Mae Collins was 14 and sold her mom's handmade aprons door-to-door in white neighborhoods. Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley were also 14, chosen as ushers for the service. Sarah Collins, 12, had tagged along with her big sister Addie Mae because that's what little sisters do.
They were at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, which had become the unofficial headquarters for the civil rights movement. Earlier that year, kids as young as eight had organized the Children's Crusade, walking peacefully to city hall to ask about civil rights. Bull Connor's response involved fire hoses and attack dogs against children. The community won that battle, forcing Birmingham to desegregate, but not everyone was celebrating.
At 10:22 AM, instead of walking upstairs for their first adult church service, a bomb planted under the church steps changed everything. Only Sarah survived. The other four became martyrs for a movement that would transform America forever.
This story spans decades - from that terrible Sunday morning to the long fight for justice that didn't end until the 1990s. It's about how hatred can destroy lives in seconds, but also how four girls in their Sunday best ended up changing the world. We'll explore the FBI investigation, the witnesses who were too terrified to speak, and how justice finally caught up with the Ku Klux Klan members responsible.
Sometimes the most important stories are the ones that hurt to tell.
#16thStreetBaptistChurch #BirminghamChurchBombing #CivilRightsMovement #KuKluxKlan #TrueCrime #1963Birmingham #DeniseMcNair
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The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing: Four Girls Who Changed America Forever
Four girls were getting ready for Youth Day at church on September 15, 1963, doing what kids do before big moments - checking their hair, smoothing their dresses, making sure they looked perfect. Denise McNair was 11 and loved poetry. Addie Mae Collins was 14 and sold her mom's handmade aprons door-to-door in white neighborhoods. Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley were also 14, chosen as ushers for the service. Sarah Collins, 12, had tagged along with her big sister Addie Mae because that's what little sisters do.
They were at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, which had become the unofficial headquarters for the civil rights movement. Earlier that year, kids as young as eight had organized the Children's Crusade, walking peacefully to city hall to ask about civil rights. Bull Connor's response involved fire hoses and attack dogs against children. The community won that battle, forcing Birmingham to desegregate, but not everyone was celebrating.
At 10:22 AM, instead of walking upstairs for their first adult church service, a bomb planted under the church steps changed everything. Only Sarah survived. The other four became martyrs for a movement that would transform America forever.
This story spans decades - from that terrible Sunday morning to the long fight for justice that didn't end until the 1990s. It's about how hatred can destroy lives in seconds, but also how four girls in their Sunday best ended up changing the world. We'll explore the FBI investigation, the witnesses who were too terrified to speak, and how justice finally caught up with the Ku Klux Klan members responsible.
Sometimes the most important stories are the ones that hurt to tell.
#16thStreetBaptistChurch #BirminghamChurchBombing #CivilRightsMovement #KuKluxKlan #TrueCrime #1963Birmingham #DeniseMcNair
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Four girls were getting ready for Youth Day at church on September 15, 1963, doing what kids do before big moments - checking their hair, smoothing their dresses, making sure they looked perfect. Denise McNair was 11 and loved poetry. Addie Mae Collins was 14 and sold her mom's handmade aprons door-to-door in white neighborhoods. Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley were also 14, chosen as ushers for the service. Sarah Collins, 12, had tagged along with her big sister Addie Mae because that's what little sisters do.
They were at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, which had become the unofficial headquarters for the civil rights movement. Earlier that year, kids as young as eight had organized the Children's Crusade, walking peacefully to city hall to ask about civil rights. Bull Connor's response involved fire hoses and attack dogs against children. The community won that battle, forcing Birmingham to desegregate, but not everyone was celebrating.
At 10:22 AM, instead of walking upstairs for their first adult church service, a bomb planted under the church steps changed everything. Only Sarah survived. The other four became martyrs for a movement that would transform America forever.
This story spans decades - from that terrible Sunday morning to the long fight for justice that didn't end until the 1990s. It's about how hatred can destroy lives in seconds, but also how four girls in their Sunday best ended up changing the world. We'll explore the FBI investigation, the witnesses who were too terrified to speak, and how justice finally caught up with the Ku Klux Klan members responsible.
Sometimes the most important stories are the ones that hurt to tell.
#16thStreetBaptistChurch #BirminghamChurchBombing #CivilRightsMovement #KuKluxKlan #TrueCrime #1963Birmingham #DeniseMcNair
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