16th Street Baptist Church Marks Bombing Anniversary with a New Visitor Center
The memorial service will include remarks, performances and a ribbon-cutting for the church’s new Education & Visitor Center.
- On Tuesday, Birmingham leaders gathered at 16th Street Baptist Church to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the bombing, opening a new Education and Visitor Center to preserve the history of the 1963 attack.
- Klux Klan members planted dynamite beneath the church steps on Sept. 15, 1963, killing Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Addie Mae Collins, while injuring nearly 20 others.
- Reflecting on her family's loss, Lisa McNair called on Christians to stand against racism, stating, "We need to really get mad and really fight with that anger, not hurt people with that anger."
- Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, Equal Justice Initiative Founder Bryan Stevenson, and Rev. Arthur Price provided remarks at the memorial, while community leaders held quilting demonstrations highlighting storytelling traditions connected to the Civil Rights Movement.
- The tragedy helped build momentum for the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, and McNair hopes the new Visitor Center serves as a living lesson for future generations about the consequences of hate.
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16th Street Baptist Church marks bombing anniversary with a new visitor center – WTOP News
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. Hundreds of people filled the church on Tuesday on the 63rd anniversary of the bombing. The church marked the anniversary with the...
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16th Street Baptist Church to hold service marking 63rd anniversary of bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church will hold a commemoration service honoring the four girls killed in a bombing 63 years ago. The service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church followed by the opening of a new Education & Visitor Center.
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