Sarah Collins Rudolph calls herself the 'fifth little girl' of a deadly 1963 church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. She has spent her life coming to terms with the physical — and mental — fallout from the attack. (hereandnow)
Sarah Collins Rudolph at her home just outside Birmingham, Ala. Rudolph calls herself the"fifth little girl," and has spent her life coming to terms with the physical — and mental — fallout from the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963.
But there was a survivor among the girls in the downstairs ladies' lounge. Her name is Sarah Collins Rudolph, Addie Mae's younger sister. She calls herself the"fifth little girl," and has spent her life coming to terms with the physical — and mental — fallout from the attack. She says the group of girls arrived at the church late, heading right to the downstairs bathroom"to freshen up" after a long walk. Rudolph watched her sister start to tie the sash on Denise's dress, and then,"Boom, the bomb went off."Blinded by the shattered glass, Rudolph was rescued by a church deacon and hospitalized. She says she thinks about it every day, and still sees the scars on her face every time she looks at her reflection in the mirror.
At the time, she says,"The police was involved. The mayor, the governor. They just hated our color. We couldn't even call the police if we wanted. All of them in the office was Ku Klux Klan. So we were having a rough time."Rudolph recognizes the four girls did not die in vain: She says that horrific act of violence was among the catalysts for the creation of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
"You know, you go into church to praise God, and you come out without your sister," Rudolph says."And today, we still haven't gotten an apology from the city of Birmingham. Nothing. Nothing. [We're] still paying bills for doctors for my eye."Rudolph admits that after being exposed to violent racism as a young child, she began to feel the same way.
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