Redd Foxx and Eartha Kitt at a rally in New York for the Freedom Fighters in Birmingham. Redd was asked to give a speech and when he began he quoted a passage from Genesis. Halfway through he broke down with emotion, over the many injustices being dealt the Freedom Fighters.
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church In Birmingham Alabama Prepares For The 60th Anniversary Of The Youth Day Church Bombing
The Devastating AfterMath Of The Church Bombing
The young girls were killed and over 20 others were injured in the church explosion at 10:22 a.m. That Sunday morning in Birmingham, the innocence of youth was shattered as the children prepared for the church’s “Youth Day.” The world mourned alongside the 8,000 people who attended the funeral. Riots that erupted in the aftermath of the church…