REP. SEWELL COMMEMORATES 63RD ANNIVERSARY OF 16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH BOMBING AND HONORS LEGACY OF THE FOUR LITTLE GIRLS

Washington, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Terri Sewell issued the following press release:

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) spoke on the House Floor to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and honor the lives and legacy of Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Morris Wesley-the Four Little Girls killed in the attack.

Watch on YouTube here (https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=AL07TS&crop=16024.29512831.5433958.7678967&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fwatch%3fv%3dZQmNzGVFwgc&redir_log=099481775885299).

On September 15, 1963, nineteen sticks of dynamite planted beneath the church by members of the Ku Klux Klan exploded ...