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A speech by Birmingham, Ala. civil rights lawyer Charles Morgan after the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church which killed four black girls on Sept. 15, 1963.

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The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed on the morning of September 15, 1963. Ahmad Ward puts it succinctly, “Kids are supposed to be safe at church. This isn’t supposed to happen in America.” The bomb killed four teenage girls in an attack that was quickly identified as being racially motivated. This film explores the impact the bombing had on the community of Birmingham and how much heartbreak it caused.

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“It was a frightening time if you were a young person growing up because you never knew what the day would bring.” Reverend Carolyn McKinstry’s words describe the climate of Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. On that Sunday morning, a bomb blew up the 16th Street Baptist church while McKinstry and many others were inside for a service. While McKinstry survived, four other teenage girls did not. The case was finally closed in 2000 when four white men were found to have planted the bomb for racially motivated reasons.

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