CBS News: “The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was bombed 60 years ago by the Ku Klux Klan, killing four Black girls: Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Addie Mae Collins and Carole Robertson.
It also left lasting scars on survivors like Sarah Collins Rudolph, Addie Mae Collins’ sister, who became known as “The 5th Little Girl.”
“I just miss her being with her,” Rudolph said about her sister. “We would laugh and have a lot of fun together.”
A photograph taken days after the attack shows Rudolph bandaged in a hospital bed, having lost an eye. Six decades later, she has not received any compensation for her injuries despite struggling from them for decades.
“I would think that the Alabama state would compensate me for what I went through with but they haven’t given me anything for my injury,” she said. “I figured they owe me restitution when people were promoting hate at that time.””