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The children of birmingham did not really die in the state of alabama, however, because alabama is a state of mind, and in the minds of the [white] men who rule alabama, those children had never lived [...] their blood is on so many hands, that history will weep in the telling...and it is not new blood. it is old, so very old.
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The Children Of Birmingham Did Not Really

Roger Ebert
The children of birmingham did not really die in the state of alabama, however, because alabama is a state of mind, and in the minds of the [white] men who rule alabama, those children had never lived [...] their blood is on so many hands, that history will weep in the telling...and it is not new blood. it is old, so very old.
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