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  1. Jul 9, 1997 · 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.

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  3. Jul 9, 1997 · 4 Little Girls: Directed by Spike Lee. With Maxine McNair, Chris McNair, Helen Pegues, Queen Nunn. A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.

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    • Documentary, History
    • Spike Lee
    • 1997-07-09
  4. Oct 24, 1997 · Birmingham was a tough case. Police commissioner Bull Connor is seen directing the resistance to marchers and traveling in an armored vehicle--painted white, of course. Gov. George Wallace makes his famous vow to stand in the schoolhouse door and personally bar any black students from entering.

  5. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds an approval rating of 100% based on 27 reviews, with an average rating of 8.42/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "4 Little Girls finds Spike Lee moving into documentary filmmaking with his signature style intact -- and all the palpable fury the subject requires." Box office

  6. Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, four African-American girls between the ages of 11 and 14 who had been attending the church's Sunday school, were killed...

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    • 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
    • Spike Lee
    • Documentary
  7. Jul 9, 1997 · 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 America's civil-rights movement.

  8. 4 Little Girls is a 1997 American historical documentary film about the 15 September 1963 murder of four African-American girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It was directed by Spike Lee and nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Documentary".

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