Coverage dated September 15, 2026 to September 17, 2026
16th Street Baptist opens new center 63 years after Klan bombing
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The church says the center will carry the memory of four murdered girls into a new generation’s pursuit of justice.
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History, faith and action will come together in a facility opening Sept. 15 at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. The date marks the anniversary of the 1963 Klu Klux Klan bombing that killed four girls during Sunday services...
63 years after the bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church killed Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, the historic Birmingham church on Tuesday held its annual memorial service and officially opened the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Education & Visitor Center.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Sixty-three years ago, dynamite planted by Ku Klux Klan members exploded through the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls as they prepared for Sunday services.
