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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...

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...

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...

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...

New Memorial for 16th St. Baptist Church on Sun, 56 Years...

By Nathan Watson bhamnow.com On Sunday, Sept. 15, the 56th anniversary of the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church that killed four little girls...

Funeral for Chris McNair set on Friday, May 17

The Birmingham Times The funeral for Jewell Christopher (Chris) McNair will be held Friday, May 17 at 11 a.m. in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church...

Chris McNair, father of girl killed in church bombing, dies at...

The Birmingham Times Jewell Christopher (Chris) McNair, the father of one of the four young girls killed in the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist...

Congressional leaders in Birmingham for Civil Rights Pilgrimage

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Many of Alabama’s political leaders, locally and nationally, gathered Friday in Birmingham for the 26th annual Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage....

In New Book ,‘Fifth Little Girl’ Describes First Hand Account of...

By Sarah Collins Rudolph  This is the opening chapter of “The 5th Little Girl: Soul Survivor of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing (The Sarah...

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