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

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.
Maxine was the mother of Denise McNair, one of the four little girls killed at the 16th Street Baptist Church in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.
“Mrs. McNair was a matriarch of social justice in our city, an incredible wife and mother who imparted love and wisdom on hundreds of young minds while serving 33 years in the Birmingham public school system,” Mayor Woodfin said in a post on Facebook.
On Sept. 15, 1963, a dynamite bomb exploded at the 16th Street Baptist Church, killing 11-year-old Carol Denise McNair and 14-year-olds Cynthia Wesley, Addie Mae Collins and Carole Robertson. Continue Reading 

 

(SOURCE) https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/03/us/last-parent-birmingham-church-bombing-maxine-mcnair/index.html

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