>>> THIS SEPTEMBER 15, 1963 BOMBING OF THE 15 STREET BAPTIST CHURCH THAT KILLED 4 YOUNG GIRLS SHOCKED THE COUNTRY.

IT BECAME YET ANOTHER GALVANIZING EVENT FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

IN CHICAGO, THE NAME OF ONE OF THOSE FOUR LITTLE GIRLS HAS REACHED FULLY EDUCATION CENTERS SINCE 1976.

EVERY FIVE YEARS, THEY DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO CARRYING ON THE GIRLS' LEGACY.

PRODUCER ERICA GUNTHER HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: THE KARA FOR SIN CENTER FOR LEARNING HAS HONORED THE LITTLE GIRL BY GIVING SOME CHICAGO'S YOUNGEST LEARNERS A START TO THEIR EDUCATION.

>> WE HAVE A BASIC K PROGRAM, WHICH IS SOCIOEMOTIONAL REPORT.

PREPARED KIDS IN KINDERGARTEN, GIVEN THAT LANGUAGE.

GIVING THEM THAT REGULATION, GIVING THEM THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL AND EXPRESS THOSE THOUGHTS.

WE ARE DOUBLY GOING TO SEE CHILDREN ENJOY LEARNING, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE CHILDREN PLAYING ABOUT LIFE, EXCITED.

>> Reporter: EVERY YEAR, THERE'S SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVITIES HOSTED IN A NUMBER OF CALLUM ROBINSON, EDDIE COLLINS, CYNTHIA WHITLEY AND CAROL McNAIR.

THE FOUR LITTLE GIRLS WERE KILLED IN A 1963 ONCE PREMISES TO ATTACK ON THE 16th BAPTIST CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

CAROL ROBERTSON'S SISTER DIANE ROBERTSON BRADIC SAYS, WHEN A GROUP OF CHICAGO PARENT ASKED HER FAMILY FOR PERMISSION TO NAME THEIR NEW AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM TO HONOR CAROL, THEY WERE INTRIGUED.

>> WE, A FAMILY OF EDUCATORS, WE KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND OF A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

SO, AND WE WERE VERY, VERY HAPPY -- AND I WILL NEVER FORGET -- MY MOTHER DESCRIBED, YOU KNOW, AFTER SHE MADE THE DECISION THAT WE WOULD ALLOW FOR THE PROGRAM TO USE 'S NAME -- I THINK THAT IT MEANT SO MUCH TO MY MOTHER >> PROGRAM SPECIALIST LATOYA HAZARD SAYS, THE GIRLS' LEGACY CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A GUIDING LIGHT FOR THE CENTER.

>> EVERY YEAR, WE HAVE LEGACY WEEK.

RIGHT?

THAT PAYS HOMAGE TO THE FOUR LITTLE GIRLS AND MAKES SURE TO ALWAYS EDUCATE AND ENRICH OUR FAMILIES ON SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES .

I WANT OUR CHILDREN TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE FUTURE LEADERS IN THEM.

>> ROBERTSON BRADIC SAYS, SHE AND HER FAMILY HAVE BEEN PROUD TO WATCH THE CENTER'S GROWTH OVER THE YEARS.

>> I THINK THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH OTHER, WE FEEL DIFFERENTLY ABOUT EACH OTHER.

WE CARE FOR EACH OTHER IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

THAT'S WHAT THE CENTER IN BED, FINDING THOSE AREAS THAT BIND US TOGETHER.

>> WE STARTED FROM THE AFTER COOL PROGRAM.

THAT WAS 40-SOMETHING YEARS AGO.

NOW, WE ARE FIRST THROUGH FIVE PROGRAMS, WE HAVE THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, WE HAVE THE SUMMER PROGRAM AS WELL.

WE HAVE SAID WE HAVE FAMILY SUPPORT, AND JUST THE FACT THAT WE CAME SO FAR TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THIS UNDER-PRIVILEGED COMMUNITY FOR SO MANY YEARS IS A BIG THING.