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Project1Voice in association with American Theatre Project, Ashé Cultural Arts Center and Dillard University present: "Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963" by Christina Ham.
On September 15, 1963, a Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed and four little girls lost their lives. This was not a random act of violence. The church was chosen deliberately. Known in the community as “Youth Day,” the target was an annual event honoring children hosted by 16th Street Baptist Church; the deliberately chosen targets were children. The play written by Christina M. Ham is about the tragic event in history, known as the 16thStreet ...Read More
Project1Voice in association with American Theatre Project, Ashé Cultural Arts Center and Dillard University present: "Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963" by Christina Ham.
On September 15, 1963, a Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed and four little girls lost their lives. This was not a random act of violence. The church was chosen deliberately. Known in the community as “Youth Day,” the target was an annual event honoring children hosted by 16th Street Baptist Church; the deliberately chosen targets were children. The play written by Christina M. Ham is about the tragic event in history, known as the 16thStreet Church Bombing. A few members of a Ku Klux Klan group, called the United Klans of America, placed a box full of dynamite underneath the church’s step. As 26 little kids entered the church at around 10am, the bomb exploded and injured 22 children and killed four children. The names of the four little girls were Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley.
Before the bombing the four little girls were typical children and they were going about their life just like children do on a daily basis–that’s what the play, Four Little Girls is about. The play deals with the hopes and dreams of young people.
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