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On September 15, 1963, members of the Klu Klux Klan planted 19 sticks of dynamite next to the stairwell of a church in Birmingham, Alabama — and four little girls lost their lives:
Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Addie Mae Collins.
Today, 60 years later, we take time to honor their lives and legacy.
It was this heinous attack that raised our nation’s collective consciousness to finally pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It was a turning point in our history but it came at a great cost.
It’s hard not to see the parallels to today with political leaders stoking violence through hateful rhetoric and an effort to whitewash America’s racist history.
That’s why, here at The Collective PAC, we are choosing not only to remember these four girls as heroes of the Civil Rights movement but we are also using this day to find renewed strength to keep fighting for equal rights and equal representation.
For Denise, Cynthia, Carole, and Addie.
— The Collective PAC
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The Collective PAC is strategically focused on creating a truly equitable democracy where our nation’s local, state and federal governments have diverse and talented elected leadership and Black people are fully represented in positions of
power to create the policies necessary to progress our communities forward. Since our inception in 2016, we have helped 110 candidates win general elections at the local, state and federal levels. We strive to support the next wave of
progressive and unapologetic Black candidates who will usher in a sea of change in our political system while helping America fulfill its promise of democracy by creating a government that will truly be for the people and of the people.
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