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Overview: On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation--and a defining moment in the history of the civil-rights movement. Spike Lee re-examines the full story of the bombing, including a revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace.

Cast:

Maxine McNair
Self - Mother of Denise McNair

Chris McNair
Self - Father of Denise McNair

Helen Pegues
Self - Denise's Aunt

Queen Nunn
Self - Neighbor of Denise McNair

Arthur Hanes Jr.
Self - Defense Attorney for Bob Chambliss

Howell Raines
Self - New York Times Editor

Harold McNair
Self - Denise's Uncle

Carole C. Smitherman
Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

Wamo Reed Robertson
Self - Carole's Aunt

Dianne Braddock
Self - Carole's Sister

Carolyn Lee Brown
Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

Alpha Robertson
Self - Mother of Carole Robertson

Wyatt Tee Walker
Self - Former Executive Director of SCLC

Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Self - Pres. of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights

Florence Terrell
Self - School Teacher

Gwendolyn White
Self - School Teacher

Doris Lockhart
Self - Neighbor of Cynthia Wesley

Gerald Colbert
Self - Cynthia's Childhood Neighbor

Freeman Hrabowski III
Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

Shirley Wesley King
Self - Cynthia's Sister

Carolyn M. McKinstry
Self - Cynthia's Childhood Friend

David J. Vann
Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham

Bill Baxley
Self - Former Attorney General of Alabama

Albert Boutwell
Self - Former Mayor of Birmingham (archive footage)

Andrew Young
Self - SCLC

Taylor Branch
Self - Author

Nadean S. Williams
Self - Music Teacher

Janie Gaines
Self - Addie Mae's Sister

Rhonda Nunn Thomas
Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

James Bevel
Self - SCLC

Tommy Wrenn
Self - SCLC

George Wallace
Self

Nicholas Katzenbach
Self - Former US Attorney General

Billie Harris
Self - Funeral Home Director

Ricky Powell
Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

Lillie Brown
Self - SCLC

Ossie Davis
Self - Actor and Playwright

Mahalia Jackson
Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)

Barbara Nunn
Self - Denise's Childhood Friend

John Cross
Self - Former Pastor of 16th St. Baptist Church

Barbara Cross
Self - Daughter of Reverend Cross

Morris Marshall
Self - 16th Street Baptist Church Member

Junie Collins
Self - Addie Mae's Sister

Diane Nash
Self - SCLC

Faye Davis
Self - Carole's Childhood Friend

Coretta Scott King
Self

Walter Cronkite
Self - Special Correspondent CBS News

Bill Cosby
Self - Educator

Jesse Jackson
Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

Reggie White
Self - Green Bay Packers

Ralph Abernathy
Self - with Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited)

David Brinkley
Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)

Addie Mae Collins
Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)

James Farmer
Self - with Freedom Riders (archive footage) (uncredited)

Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Spike Lee
Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

Denise McNair
Self (at family gathering) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cynthia Wesley
Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Carole Rosamond Robertson
Self (joint funeral) (archive footage) (uncredited)