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Four Little Girls: Addie Mae Collins, September 15, 1963
Addie Mae Collins joined the ancestors (Apr 18, 1949 - Sept 15, 1963🙏🏾🕊️). Addie Mae was killed by a bomb made by white domestic terrorists.
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Spike Lee's documentary, Four Little Girls
4 Little Girls is a documentary about the 1963 bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church, where four African-American girls lost their lives in an act of racial terrorism.
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Four Little Girls: Carole Robinson, September 15, 1963
Carole Robertson joined the ancestors (Apr 24, 1949 - Sept 15, 1963🙏🏾🕊️🕯️✨). Carole was one of the four little girls killed by white domestic terrorists in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, AL
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Four Little Girls: Denise McNair, September 15, 1963
Denise McNair joined the ancestors (Nov 17, 1951 - Sept 15, 1963). Denise was a student at Center Street Elementary School, she, along with Addie Mae Collins (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Cynthia Wesley (14) was murdered by white domestic terrorists
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Four Little Girls: Cynthia Wesley, September 15, 1963
Cynthia Wesley joined the ancestors (Apr 30, 1949 - Sept 15, 1963🙏🏾🕊️🕯️✨). Cynthia was one of four little girls (Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson and Carol Denise McNair), killed by white domestic terrorists who bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL
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Opposition to Busing in Boston, 1974
Sept 12, 1974: Opposition to court-ordered school busing in Boston, MA, turned violent the 1st day of classes
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