As Goes The South: Remembering Our 5 Little Girls And Mapping A Way Forward

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As Goes The South: Remembering Our 5 Little Girls And Mapping A Way Forward

Say their names: Addie Mae Collins. Cynthia Wesley. Carole Robertson. Carol Denise McNair. On September 15th, 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama, 4 little Black girls attending Sunday service at 16th Street […]

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