coming up we will hear about the damning 19605 report that told the us it was fundamentally racist. we spend some time at the dance theatre of harlem. and we hear from the daughter of an american gi who grew up in germany and has spent her life wrestling with her identity. but first, let s go back to one of the darkest days of the civil rights era. on the 15th of september 1963, the baptist church on 16th street in birmingham, alabama, was packed and ready for sunday service. then a bomb went off and four young girls were killed. sarah rudolph collins survived but her sister addie mae didn t. why. why would somebody put a bomb on our church and kill a little girl. this sweet girl. they all of them were angels.
edition of witness history. we will go back to some important moments in the past, and the civil rights era to the present day. coming up we will hear about the damning 1960s report that told the us it was fundamentally racist. we spend some time at the dance theatre of harlem. and we hear from the daughter of an american gi who grew up in germany and has spent her life wrestling with her identity. but first, let s go back to one of the darkest days of the civil rights era. on the 15th of september 1963, the baptist church on 16th street in birmingham, alabama, was packed and ready for sunday service. then a bomb went off and four young girls were killed. sarah rudolph collins survived but her sister, addie mae, didn t.
and we hear from the daughter of an american gi who grew up in germany and has spent her life wrestling with her identity. but first, let s go back to one of the darkest days of the civil rights era. on the 15th of september 1963, the baptist church on 16th street in birmingham, alabama, was packed and ready for sunday service. then a bomb went off and four young girls were killed. sarah rudolph collins survived but her sister, addie mae, didn t. why would somebody put a bomb on our church and kill a little girl? all of them were angels.