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The 5th little girl : soul survivor of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (the Sarah Collins Rudolph story) / by: Tracy Snipe (in conversation with Sarah Collins Rudolph).
Van Pelt Library F334.B653 C657 2021
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Snipe, Tracy David, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Collins Rudolph, Sarah J. (Sarah Jean), 1950-.
- Collins Rudolph, Sarah J.
- Collins Rudolph, Sarah J. (Sarah Jean), 1950---Family.
- 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963.
- African Americans--Alabama--Birmingham--Biography.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- History.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- Birmingham (Ala.)--Biography.
- Birmingham (Ala.).
- Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Collins family.
- Alabama--Birmingham.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 384 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Fifth little girl
- Soul survivor of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
- Sarah Collins Rudolph story
- Place of Publication:
- Trenton : Africa World Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Once described by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as "one of the most tragic and vicious crimes ever perpetrated against humanity," the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Alabama, instantly killed Addie Mae Collins, Carol Denise McNair, Carole Rosamond Robinson, and Cynthia Dionne Morris Wesley on September 15, 1963. This egregious act of domestic terrorism reverberated worldwide. It also sparked the passage of landmark civil rights legislation and a notable artistic response, signified by the jazz musician John Coltrane's elegiac composition, "Alabama." Orchestrated by white supremacists, the blast left twelve-year-old Sarah Collins temporarily blind. For decades, she slipped into anonymity. In this intimate first-hand account, Sarah imparts her views on topics such as the 50th year commemoration, restitution, and racial terrorism. This story also delves into the bond between Sarah and her mother, Mrs. Alice Collins. In the backdrop of a national reckoning and global protests, underscored by the deadly violence at Mother Emanuel in Charleston, SC, and tragedies in Charlottesville, VA, and Pittsburgh, PA, Sarah's unflinching testimony about the '63 Birmingham church bombing is illuminating"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781569025406
- 1569025401
- 9781569025413
- 156902541X
- OCLC:
- 1224043682
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