![]() ![]() I thought back to stories my mom and grandparents have told me about integration. I was able to picture her as a child, at church, at home, integration laws, etc. It was interesting to hear her life pre- and post-bombing. As a 14 year old, she became a war survivor. She had just exited the girls’ restroom, where the bomb was planted by the Klu Klux Klan, when the bomb exploded, killing 4 of her friends. McKinstry’s life: she survived the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama by mere feet. ![]() Carolyn Maull McKinstry’s life and how the Birmingham bombing effected her. I purposely picked a history audiobook this time, again just to move it out of my audiobook file. Martin Luther King Jr.” – Carolyn Maull McKinstry, While the World Watched ![]() “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ![]()
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