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...Alabama law, Cherry, who bragged about his deed, was the third man to be convicted of the crime that shamed pro-segregationist whites and galvanized civil rights leaders (a fourth died before being tried). Of the 39-year march toward justice, Sarah Collins Rudolph, the sister of victim Addie Mae Collins, said, "It was a long time...
...verdict was read, Cherry slumped back in his chair. He had been convicted of plotting the blast and planting the bomb that killed Cynthia Wesley, Addie Mae Collins, and Carole Robertson, all 14, and Denise McNair, 11. But Cherry remained unrepentant. "I have done nothing," he told the court after the verdict. "For years Doug Jones and some others have been telling lies about me. I don't know why I'm having to go to jail...
...Addie Mae Collins' sister, Junie Collins Peavy, who was in the church sanctuary at the time of the blast, wiped tears after the verdict. "We just want it all to be over. It's been such a long time...
...reigning nat goddess, the Muslim princess Mae Wunna who converted to Buddhism, is said to have died of a broken heart when her twin sons were executed by a jealous King. They now rule by her side, enclosed in a glass shrine along with 34 other life-size plaster images bedecked with bright scarves and with the offerings of hopeful devotees at their feet...
...Take the four most piquant black actress of the pre-Dandridge era - Nina Mae McKinney, Fredi Washington, Josephine Baker and Lena Horne - and add up their film credits: 55, according to the IMDb. Muse amassed at least 140 movie acting credits (18 in 1932 alone) in a film career than spanned a half century, from a starring role in the 1929 "Hearts of Dixie" to a supporting part in "The Black Stallion" in 1979. (He died that year, one day short of his 90th birthday...