Tag: Four Little Girls
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...