Seattle, WA
Art Memorializes Anniversary of 16 St. Baptist Church Bombing
On Sept. 15, Seattle College remembered, mourned and mirrored on the horrific bombing of the sixteenth Road Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., that befell 59 years in the past. On this anniversary, a brand new artwork piece was unveiled on campus on the Chapel of St. Ignatius, memorializing the lives of these misplaced on that day.
The work, 10:22AM by artist Hiawatha D., honors Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, the 4 younger women who had been killed within the racially motivated assault.
The SU group is invited to cease by the chapel to view the portray and replicate upon this vital second in our nation’s historical past and our name towards therapeutic, reconciliation, fairness and justice.