Tag: bombing
During Pilgrimage, Congressional leaders visit Birmingham
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
More than 40 United States congressional leaders including U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL), Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) and U.S. Speaker...
Celebrating Chris McNair: Father, Friend, Husband and Legend
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Jewell Christopher (Chris) McNair was remembered on Friday as a remarkable man whose love and forgiveness were stronger than one...
Sarah Collins Rudolph speaks on the anniversary of 16th Street Baptist...
Times Staff Report
The 16th Street Baptist Church on Friday held a program in memorial of the bombing 54 years earlier, that murdered four little...
Parole denied for Birmingham church bomber
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
A diverse group of Alabama residents from neighborhood activists to law enforcement officials, applauded a parole board’s decision Wednesday against...
Alabama board denies parole for Birmingham church bomber
By Jay Reeves
Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's parole board decided Wednesday against freeing a one-time Ku Klux Klansman convicted in a church bombing...
Families outraged that convicted church bomber could be paroled
By Reginald Greene
Special to The Times
I remember so vividly that day back in 2001 when the decision was handed down in Jefferson County Circuit Court,...