-
![Bombing victim Sarah Collins Rudolph, pictured in 2013, argues that Ku Klux Klan members who attacked the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963 were "inspired and motivated by then-Gov. [George] Wallace's racist rhetoric."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/06ae478/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3120x1738+0+302/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F09%2F30%2Fap_863643898715-f12e722268692d57726e954ddce810f9e892c95d.jpg)
"There should be no question that Ms. Collins Rudolph and the families of those who perished ... suffered an egregious injustice that has yielded untold pain and suffering over the ensuing decades."
© 2025
News and Music Discovery
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
Available On Air Stations
![Bombing victim Sarah Collins Rudolph, pictured in 2013, argues that Ku Klux Klan members who attacked the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963 were "inspired and motivated by then-Gov. [George] Wallace's racist rhetoric."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f9db9e5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3120x1738+0+302/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F09%2F30%2Fap_863643898715-f12e722268692d57726e954ddce810f9e892c95d.jpg)