Historic 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL
Amos talks with civil rights survivor Sarah Collins Rudolph
One of the most powerful of the many powerful scenes in the movie Selma occurs in the beginning when moviegoers see depicted one of the most horrific, barbaric incidents of the Civil Rights Era. The cowardly bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday morning, September 15, 1963. That horrific bomb blast just before Sunday School killed four young Black girls aged 11 to 14 – Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley. Fourteen others were injured, including Collins’ sister Sarah.
Sarah Collins Rudolph With Amos on MLK Day Afternoons With Amos Broadcast
Now Sarah Collins Rudolph, this survivor of one of the most vicious incidents of violence during the bloody 60’s in the South travels the country talking about her experiences that third Sunday in September 1963 and the impact it had on America then and now. Sarah Collins Rudolph was in Indianapolis to speak at the 2015 Celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday at the Madame Walker Theater. In an exclusive Afternoons with Amos interview, Sarah Collins Rudolph talked about that tragic day, the loss of her sister, her survival in the rubble of the church and the impact that God put on her life to enable her to speak as a survivor of the grim reality of American racism. Click the Media Player To Hear The Afternoons with Amos Interview With Birmingham Bombing Survivor Sarah Collins Rudolph. Runs 10 Minutes ©2015 WTLC/Radio One.
