Sunday, September 15, 2013

A Somber Anniversary: Four Little Girls (Bits and Bites Special)

Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama by the Ku Klux Klan.  Four children were killed - four little girls: 14-year-old Addie Mae Collins, 11-year-old Denise McNair, 14-year-old Carole Robertson, and 14-year-old Cynthia Wesley.

Read the review of Spike Lee's documentary about the children, 4 Little Girls.

Read the review of the documentary of Civil Rights organizer and leader, Bayard Rustin.

Read the review of March Book One, the graphic novel and comic book biography of Civil Rights icon, Congressman John Lewis.



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