Former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama and U.S. Senator Doug Jones to present on the 1963 Birmingham 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

Former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama and U S. Senator Doug Jones will be the guest speaker at a community event presented by the Innisfree Hive Foundation & Equity Project Alliance and Joe Morris & Son Funeral Home in collaboration with the Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association. The ticketed luncheon will be held Friday, September 19 at the Brownsville Community Center, 3200 West DeSoto Street, in Pensacola. The doors and lunch buffet will open at 11 a.m. The program will begin at noon.

As U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, Doug Jones successfully prosecuted two of the four men responsible for the September 15, 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, bringing justice and closure nearly 40 years after the attack that killed four young girls. In his presentation, “It’s never too late for truth; never too late for justice: The prosecutions of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing,” Jones will recount the experience and reflect on the pivotal moment in our nation’s history and the struggle for equal rights. The event will coincide with the anniversary week of the bombing.

“We are pleased that Senator Jones will be presenting to our community about his experience prosecuting this historic and horrendous crime,” said Rebecca Gilliland, Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association president. “I look forward to his personal and legal perspective and hope the citizens of Pensacola and the surrounding area can join us.”

Tickets are $30 per person or $220 for a table of eight. Tickets must be purchased in advance by Thursday, September 11. Tickets can be purchased by credit card at www.esrba.com or 850-434-8135 ext. 1. Checks should be made payable to the Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association. Business casual attire is requested.

The Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association is a nonprofit voluntary organization for attorneys and judges in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties in Florida. Its mission is to provide outstanding service to its members, to assist them in serving the profession and the community, to make the association indispensable to the bench and bar, and to preserve and promote Escambia and Santa Rosa counties as a unique place to practice law in a culture of camaraderie, collegiality, competence and mutual trust. For more information about the association or the luncheon, visit www.esrba.com or call 850-434-8135.