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Virgil Ware and Johnny Robinson: 2 black youths killed in 1963 often overshadowed, but not forgotten- On September 15, 1963, a bomb exploded at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., killing four little girls: Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carol Robertson and Cynthia Wesley. The evil act of terrorism in the name of “segregation forever” would be one of the most horrific tragedies of the civil rights movement. But just hours after the bombing at 16th Street, two other black youth also lost their lives that day.
We will never forget Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Addie Mae Collins–all 14 years old, and 11-year-old Denise McNair. They were murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in an act of terrorism by a Klan related group on Sept. 15, 1963 in Birmingham, Ala., six days after Birmingham schools had desegregated. We also remember two boys murdered that same day in Birmingham: 16-year-old Johnny Robinson and 13-year-old Virgil Ware. And many more children and adults injured and murdered in widespread, pervasive racist violence during the Jim Crow era. (This violence is not included in the traditional textbook narratives of Jim Crow which focus narrowly on segregation. For example, every student learns the name Rosa Parks and many now learn of Medgar Evers, but they don’t learn of the roles Parks and Evers played investigating/pursuing justice in widespread cases of rape and murder of African Americans. And it is not over.) The Birmingham Public Library has an online digital collection of photos and news clippings about the 16th St. Church bombing: http://bit.ly/cezq1X Also see the film 4 Little Girls by Spike Lee and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
The poet and author of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” will be this year’s recipient of the Literarian Award, an honorary National Book Award for contributions to the literary community, the National Book Foundation announced Thursday. It is the first major literary prize for the 85-year-old Angelou, who has been celebrated everywhere from the Grammy Awards to the White House. She has received three Grammys for best spoken word album, a National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor.
Speaking by telephone with The Associated Press on Thursday, Angelou said she couldn’t wait to be in the same room as “some very big names in the literary world” and that the Literarian prize made her feel that she was “picking in high cotton.”
This Week in History, Sep 15 – Sep 21
Sep 15, 1978
Ali defeats Spinks to win world heavyweight championship
Sep 16, 1932
Gandhi begins fast in protest of caste separation
Sep 17, 1862
Battle of Antietam
Sep 18, 1793
Capitol cornerstone is laid
Sep 19, 1957
Nevada is site of first-ever underground nuclear explosion
Sep 20, 1973
King triumphs in Battle of Sexes
Sep 21, 1780
Benedict Arnold commits treason
This Week in History, Sep 15 – Sep 21
Sep 15, 1978
Ali defeats Spinks to win world heavyweight championship
Sep 16, 1932
Gandhi begins fast in protest of caste separation
Sep 17, 1862
Battle of Antietam
Sep 18, 1793
Capitol cornerstone is laid
Sep 19, 1957
Nevada is site of first-ever underground nuclear explosion
Sep 20, 1973
King triumphs in Battle of Sexes
Sep 21, 1780
Benedict Arnold commits treason
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