Podcast appearances and mentions of carolyn mckinstry

In this Sunday Gathering sermon, Emily Perry shares tools and principles from nonviolent civil rights protests of the 1950s and 60s and discusses the relevance for students of A Course in Miracles today. From Martin Luther King's teachings to the inspirational stories of civil rights leaders like John Lewis and Carolyn McKinstry, Emily reminds us how love and forgiveness can overcome even the darkest of evils and remake our world.

On September 15th 1963 the 16th street Baptist Church was bombed by the KKK. And because of this horrible tragedy four girls were killed. These four girls will always be remembered on this day. And today we have with us one of the girls who was in the church the day it was bombed. Carolyn Mckinstry author of While The World Watched joins us on the podcast to tell us about the events that lead to the bombing, and how her life was changed forever. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla play an episode from 2013 that former podcast host, Timothy George, had with Beeson alumna Carolyn McKinstry.

Co-hosts Doug Sweeney and Kristen Padilla play an episode from 2013 that former podcast host, Timothy George, had with Beeson alumna Carolyn McKinstry.

Ali Velshi talks with activists and ordinary Birmingham residents about growing up and living their lives in a city steeped in the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement. He's also joined by Rev. Dr. Carolyn McKinstry, who survived the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, Brittney Cooper, Errin Haines, Andre Perry, Jelani Cobb, Congressman Mondaire Jones and more. Plus former impeachment manager Del. Stacey Plaskett explains why she thinks new reporting from the New York Times and Washington Post shows that Donald Trump  “was in fact not only an instigator but a planner of the attack on January 6.”

Rev. Carolyn McKinstry's presentation SUU A.P.E.X. Series

Carolyn McKinstry delivered a special presentation for the AASLH conference at the 16th Street Baptist Church. McKinstry was present on September 15, 1963, at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham when segregationists bombed the church, killing four young girls. As a teenager, she felt her “calling” by attending the mass meetings and rallies at the 16th Street Baptist Church. She was among thousands of students hosed by firemen during the 1963 marches, and survived a second bomb explosion that destroyed a large portion of her home in 1964. Download at: http://resource.aaslh.org/view/carolyn-mckinstry-keynote-address-2013-aaslh-annual-meeting/

Memorial to 16th Street Bombing victims. Photo by Troy Bonnes The dynamite bomb that killed four young girls at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963 went off during Sunday services. 14 year old Carolyn McKinstry survived. On the bus, Utah State Student Mo Vance set the scene for our visit to Birmingham. Carolyn McKinstry met us at the church to talk about her life since the bombings. Carolyn McKinstry was secretary of her Sunday school class in 1963. She too was just 14. She had been chatting with her four friends as she carried attendance records to the church office. The next moment, the bomb cratered the bathroom and blew up the back of the church, a center of civil rights activism and training. White racists targeted the Church for its leadership. Back then Birmingham was known as "Bombingham" with 21 explosions on black properties and churches between 1955 and 1963.McKinstry had already faced the snarling dogs and the water hoses as a participant in the 1963 non-violent Birmingham Children's Crusade. Thousands of students boycotted classes in order to push the city into integrating the schools. Authorities responded with violence. During our visit, we talked and sang with McKinstry in the Church. She also walked our group across the street and through Kelly Ingram park. The city park was a staging area for many of the massive protests of civil rights era. It was rededicated as " a place of revolution and reconciliation" in 1992. Traditional sculptures to civil era leaders and foot soldiers are on display. At the corner, across from the church and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a memorial to the four murdered girls. There are also replicas of the water cannons Public Safety Commissioner Bull Connor ordered his police to use to attack the demonstrators. Perhaps most disturbing is the narrow walkway flanked by metal walls. Sculptures of lunging German Shephards leap out at head height. Carolyn McKinstry is still a member of the now federally landmarked 16th Street Baptist Church. She holds a master of divinity from Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. She is author of "While The World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age During the Civil Rights Movement."

Timothy George talks with Carolyn McKinstry about the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church and how it has shaped her life.

Timothy George talks with Carolyn McKinstry about the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church and how it has shaped her life.