![]() ![]() It was in the proof that our country was in no hurry to make sure what happened to those girls never happened again. What got me there was not Doug Jones and the fact that he tried the second case against these klansmen. All those at his headquarters repeated that he’s the “unity” candidate, steering clear of liberal issues that hit too many nerves in the south. Prior to my trip to Alabama, I knew only the basic info on Doug Jones, who seems like a decent, fair and accomplished man. Yet it still took 39 years to find the men who murdered four girls under the age of 14. ![]() People overheard men including “Dynamite Bob,” as they met down by the Cahaba River like rats at night, all getting high off their plans to bomb children and families in a church. They knew who was in the Ku Klux Klan, and those who owned explosives. The terrorists in this case lived within a small American community where it was clear who ran on what side of the tracks. That’s how long it took to bring terrorists - most but allegedly not all of them - to justice. It was all just a feeling up until the point where I walked up and stood looking at The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham where four girls were killed by the Ku Klux Klan on September 15, 1963. Doug Jones special election earlier this month after never in my life having been involved in a political campaign? Why did I travel to a region of the country that makes me nervous in the rural areas, especially at night, as if I was an African-American in my former life? Was I going because I couldn’t reconcile what the Ku Klux Klansmen could have done - or what would I have done - had my family lived in a society and community that acted violently against African-American parents and children who wanted to go to the same school as me and my family members? Why did I go to Alabama for the Roy Moore vs. ![]()
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