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16th Street Baptist Church rings bells in honor of bombing victims 60 years later
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Updated: 12:16 PM CDT Sep 15, 2023
Sixty years after four girls were killed in a bombing at 16th Street Baptist Church at 10:22 a.m., the church rang bells and said the victims' names out loud in remembrance.Listen to the bells ring in their honor above.Denise McNair, 11; Cynthia Wesley, 14; Carole Robertson, 14; and Addie Mae Collins, 14, died from the explosion.The sister of Addie Mae Collins, 12-year-old Sarah Collins Rudolph, survived the bombing, but lost her eyesight. Twenty-two others were injured in the explosion.This happened during the height of the civil rights movement.The bomb had been planted by Ku Klux Klan members under the steps of the church. Three men were convicted in 1977, 2001 and 2002.Throughout the commemoration ceremony, speakers discussed the history and the martyrdom of the girls. A part of the eulogy for the girls spoken by Martin Luther King Jr. was discussed, when he stated, "...we must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderers."By removing hatred and prejudice, the speakers said, this is how we will honor their lives. The 16th Street Baptist Church service was held at 9:30 a.m. Friday. Watch the full service below.It featured "litany and reflection," music by the Carlton Reese Memorial and Miles College choirs and words from Wales Minister for Economy Vaughan Gething.The keynote speaker was U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. In remembrance of the 60th anniversary, Birmingham and its partners are hosting the 2023 Forging Justice Commemoration Week.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Sixty years after four girls were killed in a bombing at 16th Street Baptist Church at 10:22 a.m., the church rang bells and said the victims' names out loud in remembrance.
Listen to the bells ring in their honor above.
Denise McNair, 11; Cynthia Wesley, 14; Carole Robertson, 14; and Addie Mae Collins, 14, died from the explosion.
The sister of Addie Mae Collins, 12-year-old Sarah Collins Rudolph, survived the bombing, but lost her eyesight. Twenty-two others were injured in the explosion.
This happened during the height of the civil rights movement.
The bomb had been planted by Ku Klux Klan members under the steps of the church. Three men were convicted in 1977, 2001 and 2002.
Throughout the commemoration ceremony, speakers discussed the history and the martyrdom of the girls.
A part of the eulogy for the girls spoken by Martin Luther King Jr. was discussed, when he stated, "...we must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderers."
By removing hatred and prejudice, the speakers said, this is how we will honor their lives.
The 16th Street Baptist Church service was held at 9:30 a.m. Friday. Watch the full service below.
It featured "litany and reflection," music by the Carlton Reese Memorial and Miles College choirs and words from Wales Minister for Economy Vaughan Gething.
The keynote speaker was U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
In remembrance of the 60th anniversary, Birmingham and its partners are hosting the 2023 Forging Justice Commemoration Week.
