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4 Little Girls Memorial Fund 50-Year Anniversary Tribute

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute September 14th, 2013

Welcoming hosts…

Miles College Ambassadors

Setting the stage: 4 Little Girls Memorial Fund logo banner and four memorial candles

Gathering in the rotunda as the sun sets, under the 50th Anniversary Tribute banner

Setting a special mood: Members of “Soul Therapy”

Daniel Morris and Perri Vismale-Morris

Board Member Majella Chube Hamilton with Past Scholarship Recipients Viola Acoff (1985-’89) and Valerie Acoff (1986-’89)

Scholarship Recipients Clifford Kennon (1988-’89) and Karen Page Henderson (1987-’88) with her husband, Otis Henderson

2000 Scholarship Recipient Earl Crenshaw, Jr., with Veronica, Yvonne and Earl Crenshaw, Sr.

Members of Carole Robertson’s family: Jamellah Ellis, Nisa Ellis, Skip Nelson and Karen Pugh b

Scholarship Recipient Dwight Jackson (2011-’13) with Board Members Lisa McNair and Diana Knighton

Event Patrons Gaytra Lathon, Joanne and Daniel Shamp, and Lawrence Bentley

Board Member Cedric Roberts of the City of Birmingham with his wife, Jacqueline

Board Members Diana Knighton of Miles College and Blair Liggins of Regions Bank

Regions Bank Trust Officer Cara Gober and Event Hostess Cindi Morris

Board Members Majella Chube Hamilton and Odessa Woolfolk with former Board Member and author Carolyn McKinstry

Board Members Barbara Blair and Greg Butrus with his spouse (and artist) Annie Butrus

Thanks to The Birmingham News and AL.com, a special photo exhibit…

…on the Civil Rights struggle from The News’ 1963 photo archives

Board Chair Gaile Pugh Gratton Greene (Author of “We Honor Your Names” Memorial Liturgy)

Event Co-Chair Lisa McNair with Board Chair Gaile Pugh Gratton Greene

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute President & CEO Lawrence Pijeaux

Odessa Woolfolk, Founding Board Member of the 4 Little Girls Memorial Fund and of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Event Co-Chair and Board Member Lisa McNair, sister of one of the four little girls, Denise McNair

Stacy Brown Brooks of The Birmingham News

Board Member Carla Gale of Regions Bank

Event Co-Chairs and Board Members Lisa McNair and Greg Hodges

UAB Gospel Choir Director Kevin Turner and members of the ensemble performing a musical tribute to the four little girls

Jasmine Rhodes Chelsey Blades Members of the UAB Gospel Choir ensemble

Jasmine TyRee Watts Miyoka Berry Members of the UAB Gospel Choir ensemble

“What I Could Have Been…”

In a moving tribute, Board Member Majella Chube Hamilton helps us remember the lives of each of the four little girls

Remembering Addie Mae, Denise, Carole and Cynthia

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)

Sarah Collins Rudolph (center), “the fifth little girl” – who survived the 1963 bombing

Lisa McNair and Kimberly McNair Brock light a memorial candle in memory of the sister they never knew, Denise McNair

Members of Carole Robertson’s family: Steven Robertson, Jamellah Ellis and Carole Copeland

Lighting a candle in memory of Carole Robertson: Jamellah Ellis and Carol Sherese Braddock Copeland

Fate Morris, brother of Cynthia (Morris) Wesley

Fate Morris and Shirley Wesley King light a memorial candle in memory of Cynthia (Morris) Wesley

Shirley Wesley King, sister of Cynthia Wesley

The Rev. Arthur Price, pastor of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, leads the 4 Little Girls (call-and-response) Memorial Litany, “We Honor Your Names”

“By their light, we now can see…”

Our future – a “Living Legacy” to the 4 Little Girls

Board Member Majella Chube Hamilton

Board Member Chantaye Robinson Jones, member of Denise McNair’s family

Lisa McNair with Miles College Representative Diana Knighton

Former Board Member Houston Brown with Charlotte Dominick and Odessa Wookfolk

Annie, Greg and Camille Butrus

Board Members Majella Hamilton, Gaile Gratton Greene, Odessa Woolfolk and Greg Hodges

The Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to the 4 Little Girls (on display for the first time at our 50-Year Memorial Tribute)

“By their light, we now can see… ”