This song is actually about the nineteen sixty three bombing of the birmingham church on sixteenth street. It was a black church and 4 young black girls were killed and it's about one of the survivors. The holy man referred to is Martin Luther King. I think the person the song is describing is the life of Sarah Collins Randolph. She was a surviving sister in the same part of the church where her sister Addie Mae Collins was killed by bombs set by White National K.K.K. members.
This song is actually about the nineteen sixty three bombing of the birmingham church on sixteenth street. It was a black church and 4 young black girls were killed and it's about one of the survivors. The holy man referred to is Martin Luther King. I think the person the song is describing is the life of Sarah Collins Randolph. She was a surviving sister in the same part of the church where her sister Addie Mae Collins was killed by bombs set by White National K.K.K. members.