Click Here to Read: History Echoes in Birmingham by Elliot Kirschner on his Through the Fog website on May 9, 2026.

The four girls killed during the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. Clockwise from top left: Addie Mae Collins (aged 14), Cynthia Wesley (aged 14), Carole Robertson (aged 14) and Denise McNair (aged 11). Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.