https://padlet.com/demetriaparham/gagg7od3isam Made with a curious mind en-us 2017-04-27 16:32:02 UTC 2025-12-01 03:12:28 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Growing.png demetriaparham https://padlet.com/demetriaparham/gagg7od3isam/wish/168923599  Carolyn-Maull McKinstry is born in 1948 in the most segregated town of Birmingham, Alabama. She is known as the "girl-child" in her family and that she must be protected by her older brothers and she must watch her younger brother and sister wherever she goes, including church, 16th Street Baptist. She has a well-educated father, who works two shifts to make money for his family, has a laid-back mom, and has two loving grandparents.]]> 2017-04-28 16:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/demetriaparham/gagg7od3isam/wish/168923599 demetriaparham https://padlet.com/demetriaparham/gagg7od3isam/wish/168924364   Mrs. McKinstry had four best friends, Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNAir, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley, who were just about to meet their Cavalettes meeting right after service. But, earlier, she heard the telephone ring while doing her daily errands around the church. "Three minutes," that peculiar voice said then hung up. ]]> 2017-04-28 16:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/demetriaparham/gagg7od3isam/wish/168924364 demetriaparham https://padlet.com/demetriaparham/gagg7od3isam/wish/168926265   Shortly after, that voice that Carolyn heard was a member of the Ku Klux Klan member, that was known for terrorizing black homes and neighborhoods, but that call was to warn the congregation a bomb was going off, but it was too late. Everyone survived or either was injured, but the four girls she had just met up with in the bathroom, died horribly in the explosion.  She felt horrible and was in pain for the last 50 years, and at that time, she was troubled, worried that she couldn't do anything without them and ]]> 2017-04-28 16:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/demetriaparham/gagg7od3isam/wish/168926265