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In memory of
Christina Taylor Green (2001–2011)
Addie Mae Collins (1949–1963)
Denise McNair (1951–1963)
Carole Robertson (1949–1963)
Cynthia Wesley (1949–1963)
I dedicated the book to five young girls who died way too young. Four of them were murdered in 1963 in a Ku Klux Klan bombing. . . [The fifth] died in the recent shooting out in Arizona where Representative Gabrielle Giffords was severely wounded. . . [These tragic deaths] remind me that a nation is not to be judged by how well the strongest in its midst can do but by how well it cares for the weakest and most vulnerable in its midst. (Excerpt from video)
Q. How do you respond to the book’s dedication and to what Parker says about the standard by which a nation should be judged?
