While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age During the Civil Rights Movement - Rilegato

McKinstry, Carolyn Maull

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ISBN 10: 1414336365 ISBN 13: 9781414336367

Casa editrice: Tyndale House Pub, 2011

Riassunto

On September 15, 1963, a Klan-planted bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Fourteen-year-old Carolyn Maull was just a few feet away when the bomb exploded, killing four of her friends in the girl's rest room she had just exited. It was one of the seminal moments in the Civil Rights movement, a sad day in American history ... and the turning point in a young girl's life. While the World Watched is a poignant and gripping eyewitness account of life in the Jim Crow South -from the bombings, riots and assassinations to the historic marches and triumphs that characterized the Civil Rights movement. A uniquely moving exploration of how racial relations have evolved over the past 5 decades, While the World Watched is an incredible testament to how far we've come and how far we have yet to go.

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Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

Fifteen-year-old Carolyn Maull McKinstry was just a few feet away when the Klan-planted bomb that killed four of her friends exploded in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. It was one of the seminal moments in the Civil Rights movement, a sad day in American history . . . and the turning point in a young girl’s life.
Carolyn’s story is a poignant and gripping eyewitness account of what it was like to grow up in the Jim Crow South—from the bombings, riots, and assassinations to the historic marches and triumphs that characterized the Civil Rights era.
A unique and moving exploration of how racial relations have evolved over the past five decades, While the World Watched is an incredible testament to how far we’ve come—and how far we have yet to go.
“For many years we have seen the effects of hate on our world. Now it is time to prove what love will do. One day at a time, one individual at a time, and one act of kindness at a time—we can change the world. The time has come to stop watching and begin healing.” — Carolyn Maull McKinstry
Carolyn Maull McKinstry is a survivor of the Civil Rights struggle and an eyewitness to the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing. As a teenager, she marched under Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and bravely faced Bull Connor’s German shepherds and stinging fire hoses during the battle for equal rights in her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. Now, nearly fifty years after the bombing, Carolyn is still an active member of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, serves as president of the Sixteenth Street Foundation, and works full time spreading her message of racial reconciliation. A highly sought-after speaker, she has appeared on Oprah, 20/20, CNN, and MSNBC, and portions of her story have been featured in Life magazine and USA Today. She has made numerous television and documentary appearances, including Spike Lee’s documentary Four Little Girls; Soledad O’Brien’s Black in America; Brian Williams’s Shades of Progress, Shadows of Hate; and Family Network’s We Shall Not Be Moved. She recently received her master of divinity from Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama, where she currently lives with her husband, Jerome.
Denise George is the author of twenty-four books, including The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister. She is also the author of more than 1,500 articles for magazines such as Christianity Today, Decision, Guideposts, Essence, and Redbook. Denise and her husband, Dr. Timothy George, live in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Almost half a century has passed since the Ku Klux Klan bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church at 10:22 a.m. on Sunday, September 15, 1963, and my four young friends died agonizing deaths. For nearly five decades now, I have tried to forget the deaths, the inhumane injustices, the vicious German shepherds, the fierce blast of the water hoses, and the brutal assassinations of those who spoke out for change. But now, as I see new generations coming and old generations passing, I feel compelled to write down in permanent ink my eyewitness account of exactly what happened . . . while the world watched. —Carolyn Maull McKinstry

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• Editore: Tyndale House Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1414336365
• ISBN 13: 9781414336367
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 301