Birmingham, Alabama

I really wanted to see some of the important civil rights stops as we drove through Alabama.  Unfortunately, that day was a Sunday and not as much was open.  We did stop at the 16th St. Baptist Church, where four girls were killed in a supremacist act of terrorism in 1963. 

 

Services were starting shortly after we arrived, so we took pictures outside and walked across the street to a park that had a "freedom walk" with several sculptures depicting scenes from the civil rights movement.

We talked a little bit to Camden about what the sculptures were depicting and what the civil rights were about.  She seemed to understand.

We also had a dialogue with a neighborhood resident about the bombing and the history of this park/neighborhood.

While we talked, Camden "played" with the 4 little girls.  The details in this piece are amazing.