Honoring the Lives Lost: Reflections on the 60th Anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

Sixty years after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, memories of the lives lost continue to haunt the community. Four little girls were killed in the attack carried out by the Ku Klux Klan, and many others were injured. Family and friends still grieve their loss and struggle with the trauma. Survivors, like Sarah Collins Rudolph, who lost her sister and her eyesight in the bombing, are seeking restitution and an apology from the state of Alabama. The church has been rebuilt, but the wounds of that tragic day remain.