That’s because McNair spoke last week in the 16th Street Baptist Church, where her sister was one of four girls killed in the Sept. 15, 1963, bombing of the landmark church, which was a cradle ...

Giovanni rose to prominence during the 1960s as a fierce voice in the Black Arts Movement, alongside literary giants such as Amiri Baraka, Audre Lorde, Ntozake Shange, and Sonia Sanchez. […] ...

True” aired a new episode focusing on one of the darkest days in the nation’s civil rights movement when a bomb killed four young girls at the 16 th Street Baptist Church in 1963. Former U.S ...

More on the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: http://j.mp/15wAByw A former Freedom Rider describes what it was like walking among the rubble of the 16th Avenue ...

Arizona Cardinals offensive tackle Kelvin Beachum shares the story of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. On the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act ...

were two of the four girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing Sept. 15, 1963. The others were Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley. Jenna, who’s also part of Mahoning Valley Sojourn ...

While addressing churchgoers attending a service commemorating the 56th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church ... after the bombing when police discovered 135 sticks of dynamite hidden in ...

11. The medal was awarded posthumously the day before in the U.S. Capitol Building to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, four young black girls who lost their lives ...

In September 1963, a splinter group of the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham ... Activists who were there discuss the bombing and its aftermath.