16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

Black History Month Feb 24

Alabama's 1st Black Congresswoman on the Sacrifices of the Elder Generation

Rep. Terri Sewell, the first Black woman elected to Alabama’s congressional delegation, reminds herself daily that her personal success is not her birthright; rather, that it was made possible only as a result of the blood, sweat and tears poured out by the women, men and children who came before her.
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Feb 24

Sewell on the 1963 Church Bombing as ‘A Catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement'

Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, talks about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing by the Ku Klux Klan that killed four young girls, and how they were finally recognized for their sacrifice fifty years later.