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>>> TOMORROW MARKS THE 50th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE 16th STREET
BAPTIST CHURCH BOMBING IN
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.
FOUR LITTLE GIRLS WERE KILLED
AND 22 PEOPLE INJURED BY THE
BOMB SET OFF BY THE KU KLUX
***.
TODAY BILL COSBY WAS A PART OF A
REMEMBRANCE IN BIRMINGHAM, AND
EARLIER HE SPOKE WITH ME ABOUT
WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO NEVER
FORGET EVENTS LIKE THAT TERRIBLE
BOMBING BACK IN 1963.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE
HAD THE MARCH A WASHINGTON
ANNIVERSARY RECENTLY AND SO A
LOT IT'S FOCUSED ON WASHINGTON
AND I THINK A LOT OF TIME
BIRMINGHAM GETS OVERLOOKED AND
ESPECIALLY THE ANNIVERSARY OF
THE FOUR LITTLE GIRLS.
YOU MADE IT YOUR MISSION TO GO
DOWN TO BIRMINGHAM TO DO THIS
EVENT THIS WEEKEND ON THIS
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUR LITTLE
GIRLS, THE 50th ANNIVERSARY IN
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.
NOT FOR YOUR HEALTH BUT TO
EMPOWER I WOULD IMAGINE YOUNG
PEOPLE, CORRECT?
>> AND OLD AND WHITE AND NATIVE
AMERICAN AND EVERYONE.
WHAT AMERICA HAS TO UNDERSTAND
IS THAT JUST -- SOME PEOPLE GET
EMBARRASSED BY WHAT HAPPENED.
SAME WAY IF I TALK ABOUT
SOMETHING EMPOWERMENT AND THEY
CAN DO IT THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT
TO SEE THESE THINGS TALKED ABOUT
AGAIN.
THEY WEREN'T THERE.
I DIDN'T DO IT.
YES, I'M WHITE, BUT, PLEASE,
IT'S NOT -- DO WE HAVE TO
TALK -- IT'S PAINFUL, BUT WE
HAVE TO REALLY GET TO THIS SO
THAT IF YOU DO IT THE CORRECT
WAY, WHICH IS SHOW YOUR CHILDREN
WHAT HAPPENED, TELL YOUR
CHILDREN, THIS IS NOT OUR FAULT,
BUT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED THEN.
HOOK AT T
LOOK AT THESE FACES.
THERE'S A SICKNESS IN THESE
FACES.
THERE'S A SICKNESS IN SOMEONE
WHO DECIDES THAT HE IS GOING TO
GO INTO A PLACE OF GOD, AND IT
WASN'T THE AFRICAN WHO BROUGHT
CHRISTIANITY TO THIS COUNTRY.
THIS WHITE MAN AND HIS WHITE
FRIENDS ON A TRIP, WHATEVER THE
TIMING WAS OFF, THE BOMB WENT
OFF.
PEOPLE WERE KILLED, BUT THERE
WERE ALSO 43 PEOPLE WHO HAD TO
GO TO THE HOSPITAL, GLASS.
LET'S JUST THINK ABOUT THOSE
THINGS.
LET'S THINK ABOUT THE FEAR OF
WHAT HAPPENED.
WHEN YOU HEAR PEOPLE TALK TODAY
ABOUT TERRORISTS, THEY WILL
MENTION THAT THERE'S A BOMB THAT
GOES OFF AND IT JUST SENDS NAILS
AND GLASS AND ALL KINDS OF
THINGS INTO AN AREA, AND IT
IS -- TO PUT FEAR IN THE PLACE
WHERE PEOPLE MAY HAVE HAD SOME
KIND OF BRAVERY.
I DON'T WANT TO BE THERE
ANYMORE.
TO THIS DAY WE STILL HAVE A
YOUNG LADY WHOSE MIND CANNOT
CHASE AWAY THAT EXPLOSION AND
WHAT IT DID.