What Is Spike Lee's Portrayal Of 4 Little Girls

4 Taken Lives Spike Lee’s portrayal of 4 Little Girls recreates the tragic day of the Birmingham Church bombing using back-up evidence such as news footage, photographs, and eyewitness testimonies. Lee puts the incident into larger context of the Southern Civil Rights movement, sit-ins, arrests, marches, and the killings. Spike Lee was born March 20, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia. After graduating from Morehouse College, he enrolled in New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He earned his Master of Fine Arts Degree in film production and went on to make various movies ranging from action genres like Inside Man to documentaries such as 4 Little Girls. On September 15, 1963, the 16th street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed by members of the Klu Klux Klan. It drew

Edgar Hoover, said that any chance of a prosecution being made would be slim. Later on in 1968, the investigation was pulled. At first, no one was arrested until a well-known member of the KKK, Robert Chambliss, was arrested in 1977. Shortly after, the case was reopened. In 1988, a man by the name of Gary A. Tucker admitted that he was involved in the bombing, which led to the surrender of Thomas Blanton and Bobby Frank Cherry in 2000. The Birmingham Church bombing was a huge step to the achievement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The four young girls are heroes for the African American community. They paved the way to equality even though they and their families had to suffer and sacrifice everything. Lee outstandingly portrayed every detail of this bittersweet incident in history. After watching 4 Little Girls, I’ll always remember September 15th in a special way along with the four young lives that were