The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama with a special puppet presentation, Sanctuary: The Sixteenth St Church Bombing in September.
The first performance, Friday, September 13 at the Beck Cultural Center on Dandridge Avenue in Knoxville will begin at 6:30; the puppet drama will be followed by a screening of Spike Lee’s “4 Little Girls,” a documentary of the bombing.
The second performance will be Sunday, September 15 at Church of the Savior (UCC) at 934 N Weisgarber Road in Knoxville; no screening of the movie is planned for the second performance.
Both events are free and open to all.
