16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

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.

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.