ago. and it's still hard to believe that it did happen. but it did happen. >> you know, congressman, can you -- for those who don't know, talk a little bit about the significance of the 16th street baptist church. it was a very intentional target of those bombings. >> the 16th street baptist church was the meeting place. it was where many of the mass meetings were held during the spring of 1963. and many of the young people, especially the students, would gather at 16th street baptist church along with the adults. and lead the church in an orderly, peaceful, nonviolent fashion. to march the steps through a park to make it downtown. and it was in the park across the street from the church that they used the dogs, the fire hoses, on little children and