How many people
remembered these girls
their smiling faces
their hair filled with curls.
Victims of hatred
because they were black
prejudice raised its head
and just couldn't sit back.
In a Birmingham church
on a Sunday morning
a bomb killed four children
four innocent girls.
That splinter group known as
the Cahaba River Bridge Boys
treated their beloved KKK
to its demonic joys.
But once push came to shove
and the loss of life hit so hard
the Civil Rights Act was born
equalities next card.
Unknowingly these girls
gave their all for our people
in their death they became heroes
from under that steeple.
Their Names
Addie Mae Collins (age 14)
Denise McNair (age 11)
Carole Robertson (age 14)
Cynthia Wesley (age 14)
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