CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Preschools in Chicago named after one of the young black girls killed in a racist church bombing 58 years ago this week will reflect on that painful chapter of civil rights history.
The preschoolers will learn new vocabulary words, such as peace, justice, and martyr. Carole Robertson Centers for Learning Chief Programs Officer Sanya Crum Knight said Legacy Week will teach them about Carole Robertson and the other three young black girls killed in the KKK bombing.
"From that injustice, we have the opportunity to take this dark thing that happened in history and imagine a brighter future," Crum Knight said. "While we work in the spirit of Carole Robertson and the four little girls every day, Legacy Week is really a time to bring this remembrance..."
She expects the children from Little Village, North Lawndale, and Albany Park will be able to apply the talks about kindness and education to their own lives.
"The lessons, the discussions, the reflection, and the activities really center on children's lived experience," Crum Knight said.
Students and their families are invited to make peace tiles that will be constructed into murals at all three locations.
Outrage over the girls’ deaths after KKK members bombed their Birmingham church on September 15, 1963 led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Crum Knight said the focus on peace, kindness, and friendship is a great way to start the new school year.
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