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OPINION: The deadly bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sept. 15, 1963 was a wakeup call for America and helped win the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Friday is the 60th anniversary of the horrific bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four Black girls who were there for Sunday worship. #DeniseMcNair was only 11. #AddieMaeCollins, #CaroleRobertson and #CynthiaWesley were just 14.

Addie Mae’s 12-year-old sister Sarah lost an eye in the blast, and at least 13 other people were injured at the Black church on Sept. 15, 1963. All the killed and injured were victims of white supremacy and the belief that Black lives don’t matter.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a powerful eulogy at the funeral service for three of the murdered girls.

“These children — unoffending, innocent and beautiful — were the victims of one of the most vicious and tragic crimes ever perpetrated against humanity,” Dr. King said. “And yet they died nobly. They are the martyred heroines of a holy crusade for freedom and human dignity.”

If they had lived, the four girls would be in their 70s today. But they never had the chance to grow up, complete their educations, get jobs, pursue their dreams, get married or have children and grandchildren.

To read more, click our 🔗 in bio. 🙏🏾

Editor’s note: The article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.

✍🏾 Donna Brazile

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#NeverForget #Cynthia Wesley #CaroleRobertson #AddieMaeCollins (all 14 years old), and 11-year-old #DeniseMcNair - The four girls murdered in the #16thStreetBaptistChurchBombing 60 years ago today (Sept. 15, 1963) in Birmingham, Alabama. The heinous act of white supremacist domestic terrorism was carried out soon after the 1963 #MarchonWashington for Jobs and Freedom (Aug. 28, 1963.)

#SarahCollinsRudolph was severely injured in the bombing and two Black boys were murdered that same day in Birmingham: 16-year-old #JohnnyRobinson and 13-year-old #VirgilWare.

Image 1: Quilt by artist Sylvia Hernandez’s @quiltgirl61 #4littlegirls #16stbaptistchurch

Video and caption reposted from @nmaahc #OnThisDay in 1963, a bomb planted by the Ku Klux Klan ripped through the 16th Street Baptist Church, in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 4 little girls—11-year-old Carol Denise McNair, and 14-year-olds Carole Robertson, Cynthia Diane Wesley and Addie Mae Collins—and injuring several others.

This atrocity marked the third bombing in 11 days in Birmingham, Alabama, following the federal court order integrating Alabama schools. Shards from the church's stained-glass window are on display in our exhibition "Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation" as a reminder of this tragic incident.

Racially motivated attacks on Black people, their homes and their churches grew so common that the city was referred to as “Bombingham.” African American civil rights activists made Birmingham a focal point of their desegregation campaign.

Follow the link in our bio to learn more. #APeoplesJourney

📸 1.2.3.4. Courtesy of Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 5. Stained glass rosette shard from the 16th Street Baptist Church. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Family of Rev. Norman C. "Jim" Jimerson and Melva Brooks Jimerson 6. The damaged interior of the church is shown in the immediate aftermath of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. Courtesy of Tom Self/Birmingham News, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

#Bombingham #ThisIsAmerica

[expressivequeen]

FOUR FIVE LITTLE GIRLS

Carole Denise McNair (Nov. 17,1951- Sept. 15, 1963)

Born the oldest child to parents Chris and Maxine McNair, Denise McNair was the youngest of the 4 young girls murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963. I want to touch on the family of Denise McNair a little more. At the time of the bombing her father, Chris McNair, who was a milkman and a photographer, was a member of a Lutheran Church across town and thought the sound of the bomb was only thunder. He met with his wife and others at the hospital where the injured and dead were taken and identified his daughter by her shoe even before seeing her body. Her father as I stated was a photographer and his photos were often used to show the lives of African Americans in Birmingham and even have been published in Jet Magazine. Chris McNair was involved in politics in Alabama and was rarely known to speak about his youngest daughter later explaining that he was angry and also didn’t want anyone to think he was using Denise to “move up the line”.

Mr. McNair was convicted and prosecuted in 2006 for conspiracy and bribery, in which he plead guilty to the charges. He spoke about how quickly he was convicted for the charges and how long it took for justice to be brought in his daughter’s horrible murder (38 years). Chris McNair passed on May 8, 2019 from cancer.

Denise McNair had two younger sisters Lisa McNair and Kimberly Brock. Both girls were not born yet when the bombing took place. I met Lisa McNair and Denise’s mother Maxine McNair in 2011. They told the story of their beloved Denise so proudly but the pain could still be seen and felt in their words and tone. Myself along with about 1,000 other high school students met at the family’s studio that had been moved and turned into a memorial for Denise. It held photographs of her and also some of her personal items like toys and books. One significant item was the pair of shoes that she had worn on the day of the bombing.

As the youngest of the 4 girls found in the rubble, Denise McNair’s mother approached her father (Denise’s grandfather) exclaiming that she could not find her. In turn, he replied “She’s dead, baby. I’ve got one of her shoes.” This moment was significant because a reporter captured how Maxine held her daughter’s shoe and the pain, anger, and sadness she felt that trickled down to everyone who saw or heard of this particular moment.

Denise McNair should be celebrated as a vibrant, intelligent, and loved “civil rights martyr”. She attended Center Street Elementary School. She was friends with the now former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice who was 8 years old at the time of the bombing. Denise was a member of the choir at 16th Street Baptist Church and lived a comfortable life partaking in piano and dance lessons in her short life. She loved her dog and had a favorite doll which just happened to be a white doll.

To Denise McNair: I am so sorry that the world you were subjected to was filled with so much hatred that it took you away without understanding and appreciating who you truly were and the potential you had for the world. In a sad and crazy way you paved the way for African Americans to reach the level of success, dignity, and freedom we have in 2020 and beyond and you should be proud. At only 11 years old your life was sacrificed but in turn created a transformation that trickled down for generations to come. We love you Denise McNair ❤️

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

A horrific act of racism and terrorism in 1963: the bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama, which killed 4 young girls. 

We must remember the staggering cost of the fight for decency and human rights during this period. In fact, African-Americans routinely faced bomb threats from the KKK and other white supremacist organisations, as well as brutality from law enforcement. 

Never forget this tragedy, and the deaths of Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley and Carole Robertson (aged 14) and Denise McNair (aged 11). 

[roniqueellis]

Today marks the 54th anniversary of the Birmingham Church Bombing. I will take this week by remember the lives of the beautiful little girls who were murdered that day. Today, I start out with 11 year old Denise McNair.

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Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. (June 20, 1938 – June 26, 2020) was an American terrorist and convicted felon, formerly serving four life sentences for his role as conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963, which killed four African-American girls (Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley, Addie Mae Collins, and Denise McNair).Blanton, along with Bobby Frank Cherry, was convicted in 2001 in a highly publicized trial of the cold case. #Blacklivesmatter #blackwomenmatter #carolerobertson #cynthiawesley #addiemaecollins #denisemcnair https://www.instagram.com/p/CB8C-0rDS2U/?igshid=1o3uefz44h7c3

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#BlackHistoryMonth, Day 14: Today I honor #HenriettaLacks #MaryBeatriceDavidsonKenner #EllaBaker #MadamCJWalker #KatherineJohnson #BettyShabazz #AttallahShabazz #DeniseMcNair #CarolRobertson #AddieMaeCollins #CynthiaWesley #4LittleGirls #IlyasahShabazz #RubyBridges #RosaParks #CorettaScottKing #MyrlieEvers #MayaAngelou #SisterSouljah #AliceWalker #TerriWoods #NikkiGiovanni #ToniMorrison. You all have changed the world forever - the reason we are where we are. I Love You All.🖤💪🏽👑✊🏽💞#BHM #RoyalBloodline https://www.instagram.com/p/B8kdT8XJUDZHcP8fbpaTZVbi1QuWeec953V92Q0/?igshid=uostirqos2nt

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On this day in 1963, the lives of 4 young innocent souls we're taken. The 16th Street Baptist Church boming in Birmingham, AL. If this wasn't an act of terrorism idk what is. Remember their names, say their names 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 #DeniseMcNair #CaroleRobertson #AddieMaeCollins #CynthiaWesley

[livinginthebigapple]

#Repost from @unheardvoicesmag ・・・ #Neverforget : On Sept. 15, 1963, a dynamite blast planted by the Ku Klux Klan killed four young girls at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama: #DeniseMcNair, age 11, and #CaroleRobertson, #CynthiaWesley and #AddieMaeCollins, all 14 years old. Twenty other people were injured. No one was arrested for the bombings for 14 years. #16thstreetbaptistchurch https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnx6dqPFVeF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bi486j74q4zs

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(Southern Poverty Law Center) The #KKK took six children's lives when they planted at least 15 sticks of dynamite beneath the steps of the 16th St Baptist Church in #Birmingham, #Alabama #OTD in 1963. Four little girls died instantly. #VirgilLamarWare, 13, was fatally shot by white teenagers coming from a segregationist rally held after the bombing. Johnny Robinson, 16, was fatally shot by police who claimed he threw rocks at a #riot sparked by the bombing. We have not forgotten. Fifty-four years later, the march continues. #Speakin4Myself #VirgilWare #AddieMaeCollins #CaroleRobertson #CynthiaWesley #DeniseMcNair #JohnnyRobinson

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We can never forget them! #DeniseMcNair #CynthiaWesley #AddieMaeCollins #CarolRobertson #September15th1963 #OurHistory #16thstreetbaptistchurchbombing #wewillneverforget #4littleblackgirls We also remember #SarahCollinsRudolph who was severely injured in the bombing and two boys were murdered that same day in #Birmingham 16 year old #JohnnyRobinson and 13 year old #VirgilWare #GodBless

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#denisemcnair #fourlittlegirls (at 16th Street Baptist Church)

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Three former #KuKluxKlan members are eventually convicted of murder for the bombing. . Victims: #AddieMaeCollins, 14 #DeniseMcNair, 11 #CaroleRobertson, 14 #CynthiaWesley, 14 . Remember the fallen Salute soldiers ✊🏾❤️ True American sacrifice #NeverForget #RobertXcomics . #amerikkka #blacklivesmatter #notmypresident #muslimban #fucktrump #dumptrump #america #blackpride #blackpower #love #racism #politics #lovetrumpshate #problack #blacklove #resist #wakeup #blackisbeautiful #blackandproud #whitesupremacy #melanin #protest #justiceorelse

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#Neverforget : On Sept. 15, 1963, a dynamite blast planted by the Ku Klux Klan killed four young girls at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama: #DeniseMcNair, age 11, and #CaroleRobertson, #CynthiaWesley and #AddieMaeCollins, all 14 years old. Twenty other people were injured. No one was arrested for the bombings for 14 years. #16thstreetbaptistchurch https://www.instagram.com/p/BnwzEQ9l2Sh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vccyetmv6smn

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#4LittleGirls #16thStreetBaptistChurch #16thStreetBaptistChurchBombing #Alabama #AddieMaeCollins #DeniseMcNair #CynthiaWesley #CaroleRobertson @sarahcollinsrudolp