Tag: 16th Street Baptist Church
Birmingham’s Angelyn Lyles Reflects on 3 Separate Cancer Battles, City History
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
When doctors told Angelyn Lyles she had cancer 18 years ago, she had no fear.
“I’m not going anywhere until it’s...
The Life Story of Judge U.W. Clemon’s Comes to 16th Street...
The Birmingham Times
The storied life of Civil Rights titan and retired U.S. District Judge Uriah W. Clemon, is coming to the Sixteenth Street Baptist...
Birmingham Recognizes Lisa McNair For ‘Letters’ to Her Sister, Killed in...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
City Council President Wardine Alexander (left) and Mayor Randall Woodfin (right) pose with Lisa McNair, sister of Denise McNair, one...
‘Fifth Little Girl’ in Birmingham Church Bombing And Her Nurse at...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
When an initially blinded, and nearly lifeless, 12-year-old girl found in the rubble of a church bombing was wheeled onto...
Bishop Jim Lowe was 11 at Time of Church Bombng. Here’s...
kidsinbirmingham1963.org
Kids in Birmingham 1963 was created during the 50th anniversary of the “Year of Birmingham,” a turning point in America’s struggle for Civil Rights. This...
City Observes 58th Anniversary of 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
On a rainy September morning, 58 years to the day after four little girls lost their lives in a horrific...
Historic 16th Street Baptist Church This Week Observes 58th Year Since...
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
Looking back but pressing forward, the historic Sixteenth Street Baptist Church will commemorate the 58th Memorial Observance of the church...
Gov. Kay Ivey Apologizes to Bombing Survivor of Sixteenth Street Church
By Jay Reeves
Associated Press
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has apologized to a survivor of a racist 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls, calling...
Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church exhibits tell story of hurting, healing
By Alabama Power Foundation
The story of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing on Sept. 15, 1963, and the tragedy, reconciliation and forgiveness that resulted,...
Thomas Blanton, KKK bomber of 16th St Baptist Church, dies
Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., the last of three one-time Ku Klux Klansmen convicted in a 1963 Alabama church bombing...