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"The Year of Birmingham", 1963, was a cataclysmic turning point in America's long civil rights struggle. Child demonstrators faced down police dogs and fire hoses in huge nonviolent marches against segregation. Ku Klux Klansmen retaliated by bombing the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing four young Black girls. Diane McWhorter, daughter of a prominent Birmingham family, weaves together police and FBI records, archival documents, interviews with Black activists and Klansmen, and personal memories into an extraordinary narrative....

Welcome to Carry Me Home, the podcast that goes behind the scenes of public service, to find out what works and what doesn't, and how city leadership is spending our tax dollars - I'm your host Carrie Nowocin, and I have a passion for public service. Directing my efforts toward helping homeless, veterans, addicts, kids who have aged out of the foster system, there are many people who find themselves up against a wall that they can't get over. That's where Carry Me Home Productions comes in. Our charity identifies the gaps and advocates for health and safety. Basically, we help people who can't...