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4 Little Girls Memorial Fund 50-Year Anniversary Tribute
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Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
September 14th, 2013
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Welcoming hosts…
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Miles College Ambassadors
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4 Little Girls Memorial Fund logo banner and four memorial candles
Setting the stage: 4 Little Girls Memorial Fund logo banner and four memorial candles
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Gathering in the rotunda as the sun sets,
under the 50th Anniversary Tribute banner
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Setting a special mood: Members of “Soul Therapy”
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Daniel Morris and Perri Vismale-Morris
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Board Member Majella Chube Hamilton with
Past Scholarship Recipients Viola Acoff (1985-’89) and Valerie Acoff (1986-’89)
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with her husband, Otis Henderson
Scholarship Recipients Clifford Kennon (1988-’89) and Karen Page Henderson (1987-’88) with her husband, Otis Henderson
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2000 Scholarship Recipient Earl Crenshaw, Jr
2000 Scholarship Recipient Earl Crenshaw, Jr., with Veronica, Yvonne and Earl Crenshaw, Sr.
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Members of Carole Robertson’s family:
Jamellah Ellis, Nisa Ellis, Skip Nelson and Karen Pugh b
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Scholarship Recipient Dwight Jackson (2011-’13) with
Board Members Lisa McNair and Diana Knighton
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Event Patrons Gaytra Lathon, Joanne and Daniel Shamp, and Lawrence Bentley
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Board Member Cedric Roberts of the City of Birmingham with his wife, Jacqueline
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Board Members Diana Knighton of Miles College
and Blair Liggins of Regions Bank
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Regions Bank Trust Officer Cara Gober and Event Hostess Cindi Morris
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Board Members Majella Chube Hamilton and Odessa Woolfolk
with former Board Member and author Carolyn McKinstry
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Board Members Barbara Blair and Greg Butrus
with his spouse (and artist) Annie Butrus
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Thanks to The Birmingham News and AL.com, a special photo exhibit…
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…on the Civil Rights struggle from The News’ 1963 photo archives
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Board Chair Gaile Pugh Gratton Greene
(Author of “We Honor Your Names” Memorial Liturgy)
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Event Co-Chair Lisa McNair with Board Chair Gaile Pugh Gratton Greene
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Birmingham Civil Rights Institute President & CEO Lawrence Pijeaux
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and of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Odessa Woolfolk, Founding Board Member of the 4 Little Girls Memorial Fund and of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
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Event Co-Chair and Board Member Lisa McNair,
sister of one of the four little girls, Denise McNair
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Stacy Brown Brooks of The Birmingham News Board Member Carla Gale of Regions Bank
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Event Co-Chairs and Board Members Lisa McNair and Greg Hodges
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UAB Gospel Choir Director Kevin Turner and members of the ensemble
performing a musical tribute to the four little girls
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Jasmine Rhodes Chelsey Blades Members of the UAB Gospel Choir ensemble
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Members of the UAB Gospel Choir ensemble
Jasmine TyRee Watts Miyoka Berry Members of the UAB Gospel Choir ensemble
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“What I Could Have Been…”
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In a moving tribute, Board Member Majella Chube Hamilton
helps us remember the lives of each of the four little girls
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Remembering Addie Mae, Denise, Carole and Cynthia
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Sarah Collins Rudolph (center) and Junie Peavey Williams (right), sisters of Addie Mae Collins, light a Memorial Candle in her memory (assisted by Diana Knighton)
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Sarah Collins Rudolph (center), “the fifth little girl” – who survived the 1963 bombing
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Lisa McNair and Kimberly McNair Brock light a memorial candle
in memory of the sister they never knew, Denise McNair
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Members of Carole Robertson’s family:
Steven Robertson, Jamellah Ellis and Carole Copeland
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Lighting a candle in memory of Carole Robertson:
Jamellah Ellis and Carol Sherese Braddock Copeland
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Fate Morris, brother of Cynthia (Morris) Wesley
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Fate Morris and Shirley Wesley King light a memorial candle
in memory of Cynthia (Morris) Wesley
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Shirley Wesley King, sister of Cynthia Wesley
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The Rev. Arthur Price, pastor of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, leads the
4 Little Girls (call-and-response) Memorial Litany, “We Honor Your Names”
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“By their light, we now can see…”
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Our future – a “Living Legacy” to the 4 Little Girls
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Board Member Majella Chube Hamilton
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Board Member Chantaye Robinson Jones, member of Denise McNair’s family
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Lisa McNair with Miles College Representative Diana Knighton
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Former Board Member Houston Brown
with Charlotte Dominick and Odessa Wookfolk
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Annie, Greg and Camille Butrus
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Board Members Majella Hamilton, Gaile Gratton Greene, Odessa Woolfolk and Greg Hodges
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The Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to the 4 Little Girls
(on display for the first time at our 50-Year Memorial Tribute)
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“By their light, we now can see… ”
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