![]() ![]() So elegant was this church that even the restroom window was made of stained glass.Īddie’s younger sister Sarah Collins stood at the washbowl. The three ushers were standing with young Denise by the window, which looked out onto Sixteenth Street at ground level. One of eight children, Addie was a little on the shy side, but she looked radiant in her white usher’s dress. ![]() Carole’s mother had gotten her a necklace to go with the shoes and put a winter coat on layaway for her.Īlso in the lounge was 14-year-old Addie Mae Collins. She was wearing medium-high heels for the first time, shiny black ones bought the day before. ![]() The lesson for the day had been “The Love That Forgives.” Eleven-year-old Denise McNair met Cynthia and her classmates in the women’s lounge, in the northeast corner of the basement.Ĭarole Robertson, 14, was the most mature of the girls. On September 15, 1963, 14-year-old Cynthia Morris Wesley and three other members of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church youth choir left their Sunday school class to freshen up for their roles as ushers in the main service. ![]()
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