Facts : 1 In sculpture and symbolism The Four Spirits sculpture, unveiled at Kelly Ingram Park, September 2013 Welsh craftsman and artist John Petts was inspired to construct and deliver the iconic stained-glass Welsh Window to the 16th Street Baptist Church in 1965
Facts : 2 The Welsh Window is a large stained-glass edifice depicting a black Jesus, with arms outstretched, reminiscent of the Crucifixion of Jesus
Facts : 3 Erected at the church in 1965, the Welsh Window stands over the front door of the sanctuary
Facts : 4 The American sculptor John Henry Waddell has created a memorial symbolizing those killed in the bombing
Facts : 5 The four women in the sculpture are each depicted in symbolic terms; representing the four victims of the bombing, had they been allowed to mature to womanhood
Facts : 6 The sculpture was originally displayed at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Phoenix in 1969
Facts : 7 A second casting of the sculpture was intended for display in Birmingham; however, due to controversy over the nudity of the women in the sculpture, this second casting is now on display at the George Washington Carver Museum
Facts : 8 The names of the four girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing are engraved upon the Civil Rights Memorial
Facts : 9 The Civil Rights Memorial is an inverted, conical granite fountain and is dedicated to 41 people who died in the struggle for the equal rights and integrated treatment of all people between the years 1954 and 1968
Facts : 10 The names of the 41 individuals themselves are chronologically engrained upon the surface of this fountain
Facts : 11 Creator Maya Lin has described this sculpture as a contemplative area; a place to remember the Civil Rights Movement, to honor those killed during the struggle, to appreciate how far the country has come in its quest for equality
Facts : 12 The Four Spirits sculpture was unveiled at Birmingham s Kelly Ingram Park in September 2013 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bombing
Facts : 13 Crafted in Berkeley, California by Birmingham-born sculptor Elizabeth MacQueen and designed as a memorial to the four children killed on September 15, 1963, the bronze and steel life-size sculpture depicts the four girls in preparation for the church sermon at the 16th Street Baptist Church in the moments immediately before the explosion
Facts : 14 The youngest girl killed in the explosion (Carol Denise McNair) is depicted releasing six doves into the air as she stands