Today marks the sixtieth anniversary of one of the more tragic moments of the civil rights movement — the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham and the deaths of four little girls inside.
Thank you, Dr. Kruse. I was eleven when this happened, and though I’ve often read about this horrible event I never knew about the other violence. Heartbreaking
I knew about the girls, but I never knew about the boys who were killed. Kevin, was anyone ever prosecuted for their murders?
I ask because I always wonder about the white people captured in the pictures from this era, especially the young ones moved by racial hatred. Did they ever change their minds? Did the white shooter come forward and confess? A teenager in 1963 might still be in their 70s today.
That speech was breathtaking and heartbreaking at the same time. I was 10 in 1963, and I will never forget this. The racists and their enablers are still with us....... God help us here 60 years later......
Thank you, Dr. Kruse. I was eleven when this happened, and though I’ve often read about this horrible event I never knew about the other violence. Heartbreaking
I knew about the girls, but I never knew about the boys who were killed. Kevin, was anyone ever prosecuted for their murders?
I ask because I always wonder about the white people captured in the pictures from this era, especially the young ones moved by racial hatred. Did they ever change their minds? Did the white shooter come forward and confess? A teenager in 1963 might still be in their 70s today.
This video needs to be running on a loop, on a big screen, in front of the Governor’s mansion in Florida.
Hear, hear! Not-my-governor has turned this state into a racist haven. https://apnews.com/article/florida-store-shooting-fatalities-b65ecad5f81ac8aa35121507dd4f7dcc
That speech was breathtaking and heartbreaking at the same time. I was 10 in 1963, and I will never forget this. The racists and their enablers are still with us....... God help us here 60 years later......