Commemoration- Four Little Girls 50th Anniversary STAGE PLAY READING!!!!! (497 hits)
Commemoration- Four Little Girls 50th Anniversary STAGE PLAY READING!!!!!
WATCH LIVE-STREAM ~ANY DAY at ANYTIME Join us, The Gist of Freedom, as we gather our children and youngsters around the computer to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Four Little Girls murdered in the Sixteenth Street Church Bombing, in Birmingham Alabama….
We will listen to a live staged reading of the play “Four Little Girls,” a project initiated by Erich McMillan-McCall of Project1Voice. The staged reading will stream live online from the Kennedy Center’s website at
http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/vid... ---------- But before you log onto the "Play" at 6pm, listen to one of the precious victims' brother, Mr. Fate Morris (brother of Cynthia D. Morris aka Cynthia D. Wesley).
Mr. Morris called in during the last 20 minutes of The Gist of Freedom interview with, guest Historian, Leslye Joy Allen. He spoke with Leslye and host Preston Washington
He gave a moving testimony of what he remembered and discovered on the morning of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963."
Listen On iTunes ~Click here to Listen to Fate Morris, as he gives his breathtaking testimony
May 2- 7th 1963, Martin Luther King Children's crusade 3,000 children arrested.
August 28th Martin Luther King gives the "I have a Dream Speech " King makes reference to the Children Crusaders' Bail money,
""It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory (Constitutional Rights) note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned, .... "Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check; a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.' "
**September 15th The bombing, the fourth such incident in less than a month, the four little girls are killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Ala.
These tensions and terroristic acts were supposedly aroused by the desegregation of three schools.
None of the 50 bombings of Negros and their property, in Birmingham since World War II have been solved.
The Birmingham bombing of The Four Little Girls brought hundreds of angry Negroes pouring into the streets.
Johnny Robinson, a 16-year-old Negro, was shot in the back and killed by a Birmingham policeman with a shotgun.
Virgil Wade, a 13-year-old Negro, was shot and killed just outside Birmingham while riding a bicycle.
The Birmingham Church bombing and the deaths of the Four Little Girls helped to galvanize the American civil rights movement. ------------
This is a long discussion, but one that reveals information and history that is long overdue. Also, help us commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Church bombing this Sunday, September 15, 2013 when there will be a live staged reading of the play “Four Little Girls,” a project initiated by Project1Voice. The staged reading will stream live online from the Kennedy Center’s website at http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/liv... September 15, 2013 at 6:00 PM EST."
