# @theshaderoom on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cii00g3vjD4
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/338606-theshaderoom-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-09-15T22:28:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Shade Room (@TheShadeRoom) — https://gondola.cc/TheShadeRoom

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TSR STAFF: Maya! @madame_maya
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Today marks 59 years since the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four little girls. #SarahRudolphCollins, who was only 12 at the time, lost her eye in the 1963 attack and has yet to be compensated by the state of Alabama.
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Sarah was known as the “Fifth Little Girl” after surviving the infamous attack that took the lives of #DeniseMcNair, #CaroleRobertson, #CynthiaMorris, and #AddieMaeCollins, Sarah’s older sister. Sarah says that she still incurs medical expenses as a result of the explosion, including a recurring $90 bill she gets for work on the prosthetic she wears in place of the right eye that was destroyed by shrapnel.
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Both the church and the surrounding Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument received government money for renovations, but Sarah has not. “She deserves justice in the form of compensation for the grievous injuries, and costs, she has had to bear for almost 60 years,” Sarah’s attorney #IshanBhabha said. “We will continue to pursue any available avenues to get Sarah the assistance she needs and deserves.” (📸: @gettyimages )

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addiemaecollins, ishanbhabha, cynthiamorris, denisemcnair, carolerobertson, sarahrudolphcollins

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