Civil Rights activist and Black Power movement icon, Angela Davis, is interviewed about the Bombing in Birmingham on Hardknockradio.
Davis grew up there during that era, when it was a city referred to as “Bombingham” because of the frequency of KKK and police sanctioned bombings and murders. During the interview Davis, whose neighborhood was referred to as “Dynamite Hill,” remarks that one of her earliest memories is seeing the house across the street from her home burn after it was bombed. She also knew one of the little girls whose life was stolen on September 14, 1963. Their names were, and forever are Denise McNair, who was 11 along with Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley who were all 14.
Spike Lee made an excellent documentary about this incident called “Four Little Girls.” It’s among his best films, so if you haven’t seen it I highly recommend it.
One of the important things about this interview is how Davis makes the connections between this event and the recent killings of young black men, Oscar Grant and Trayvon Martin.