“Virgil knows in heaven that positive consequences came from this,” Sims told Time in his 1st-ever interview about the killing. “He knows that his death helped change society that it changed me.” SOURCE: The Legacy of Virgil Ware, by Tim Padgett and Frank Sikora for Time magazine
#VirgilWare

6/6

#VirgilWare was buried in an unmarked grave on the side of the road until May 6, 2004, when he was moved to a burial place with a bronze marker thanks to the donations of the community.
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit

5/6

#VirgilWare was the last Black person to be killed in Birmingham that Sunday. Sims and Farley were convicted of 2nd-degree manslaughter and sentenced to 7 months of jail, but had their cases suspended by the judge and changed to 2 years probation…for murder during an act of domestic terrorism.

4/6

Sims & Michael Lee Farley, who had planned to attend the rally, bought a “Confederate” flag & attached it to Farley’s scooter before riding toward a Black neighborhood. They saw #VirgilWare & his brother James riding together on a bicycle & Farley told Sims to scare the boys by shooting at 'em.

3/6

Facts: #VirgilWare, a 13-yr-old Black American boy, was unaware of what had happened at the church.
He was just riding around on the handlebars of his brother’s bicycle when he was shot to death by Larry Joe Sims.
ugly #AmericanHistory
#WhiteSupremacy bullshit

2/6

#OTD in #History 1963

September 15: #VirgilWare was Shot to Death
Context: A White Supremacist rally was canceled in the wake of the 16thStreet Baptist Church Bombing at the urging of Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies.
ugly #AmericanHistory

1/6

Many are familiar that on September 15, 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed and killed four girls.

But most of us are unfamiliar with two other racist killings of #JohnnyRobinson (16) and #VirgilWare (also 16) that same day. #BLM #Birmingham

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