Coverage dated January 2, 2022

Last parent of a child killed in the Birmingham 16th Street Baptist Church bombing dies at 93

Headline from KVIA El Paso

By Devon M. Sayers, CNN The last living parent of one of the four children killed in the terrorist bombing of an African American church in 1963 has died at 93. Maxine McNair died on Sunday, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said.

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  1. KVIA El Paso

    Last parent of a child killed in the Birmingham 16th Street Baptist Church bombing dies at 93 (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Devon M. Sayers, CNN The last living parent of one of the four children killed in the terrorist bombing of an African American church in 1963 has died at 93. Maxine McNair died on Sunday, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said.

  2. Hickory Daily Record

    Last parent of a child killed in 1963 church bombing dies (opens Hickory Daily Record)

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    Hickory Daily Record's feed description

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The last living parent of any of the four Black girls killed in the 1963 Alabama church bombing died Sunday. She was 93.

  3. FOX 5 DC

    Maxine McNair, last living parent of child killed in 1963 church bombing, dies (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    FOX 5 DC's feed description

    McNair’s daughter, 11-year-old Denise McNair, was the youngest girl killed in the bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church, the deadliest single attack of the civil rights movement.

  4. Los Angeles Times

    Last parent of one of the four girls killed in 1963 Alabama church bombing dies (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Maxine McNair was the last surviving parent of one of the four girls killed by a Ku Klux Klan-planted bomb at a Birmingham, Ala., church in 1963.

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