woke up this country. woke up a country that did not know that going to church in the south could get you killed if you were black. and so, those four little girls have taken their place in the civil rights museum that s now right across the street from the spot where the bomb went off at the 16th street baptist church. and when i was in birmingham a few years ago, i stood at the spot where the bomb was planted before touring the museum across the street where i learned more about what martin luther king jr. and rosa parks and med ger evers and others had done and sacrificing in this country s agonizing country s agonized awakening to a need of civil rights movement. a need so urgent at the leaders of that movement had to be willing to die to take their places at the front of those marches. ady may collins, cynthia wesley and denise did not go to church that day to die.
many of whom used to be republicans. who are now voting for democrats because they re so disgusted by i hate to use the term but gutter politics. neera and jason, thank you for joining us. coming up, african-american women made the difference in the election in alabama last night. for one of those women, it was the chance to vote for the man who prosecuted the murderers of her sister. denise mcnair, who was killed in the bombing of the 16th street baptist church in birmingham in 1963, denise mcnair s little sister lisa mcnair, will get tonight s last word.
comcast business is different. we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than at&t. we do business where you do business. doug jones was born in fairfield, alabama, suburb of birmingham, in 1954. two weeks after doug jones was born the united states supreme court issued its unanimous decision in brown versus the board of education that segregated schools are unconstitutional. when he was 9 years old, meshes of the ku klux klan planted dynamite under a the steps of a church in birmingham. three girls proudly wearing their best sunday dresses were walking down the stairs of the church when the bomb went off. they were killed instantly. addy may collins, age 14. cynthia wesley, age 14. carroll robertson, age 14. an denise mcnair, age 11. we have all heard the story and the last few weeks of what happened to a 14-year-old girl
born the united states supreme court issued its unanimous decision in brown versus the board of education that segregated schools are unconstitutional. when he was 9 years old, meshes of the ku klux klan planted dynamite under a the steps of a church in birmingham. three girls proudly wearing their best sunday dresses were walking down the stairs of the church when the bomb went off. they were killed instantly. addy may collins, age 14. cynthia wesley, age 14. carroll robertson, age 14. an denise mcnair, age 11. we have all heard the story and the last few weeks of what happened to a 14-year-old girl who she got in roy moore s car and went for that long ride to his house in the woods. that story turned a lot of republican voters against roy moore. but the story of what happened to those three 14-year-old girls
denise mcnair, who was killed in the bombing of the 16th street baptist church in birmingham in 1963, denise mcnair s little sister lisa mcnair, will get tonight s last word.