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What was the four little girls names killed in the 1963 church bombing in burmington Alabama?
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∙ 10y ago
Very young and too innocent to be caught up in such hate and violence. If memory serves, they were near 10 years of age and had gone downstairs at a time that was not usual for their schedule. That was why they were caught in the blast. The 4 girls died very young.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 10y agoThey were Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, Denise McNair and Cynthia Morris. You may be interested to know that Cynthia Morris has been misidentified as Cynthia Wesley. The Morris family is moving forward to have this corrected in history.
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∙ 11y agoThe 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham was used as a meeting-place for civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King, Ralph David Abernathy and Fred Shutterworth. The four girls had been attending Sunday school classes at the church. Some other 24 persons were hurt.
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