In a new memoir, Lisa McNair recounts growing up in Birmingham, Ala., after her sister Denise and three other Black girls were murdered in the... Her sister was killed in the Birmingham church bombing ...

BIRMINGHAM (WVTM) — A bomb exploded in the 16th Street Baptist Church on Sept. 15, 1963, killing four little girls, one of which was Kimberly McNair Brock’s sister, Denise McNair. McNair Brock said ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Amazing, heartbreaking, sad and hopeful. Those were among the plethora of emotions Sonny Senvisky felt after having heard the tragic yet triumphant stories of two women who lost ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Even though he has not experienced major trauma, Kolven Hoey’s learning about the tragedies that befell Lisa McNair and Sarah Collins Rudolph felt like a double sucker punch to the ...

On a normal Sunday morning, five little Black girls were together in the basement of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Until dynamite that was planted by members of the Ku Klux ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Sept. 15, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Sept. 15, 1963, four Black girls were killed ...

Lisa McNair and Kim McNair Brock lost their 14-year-old sister Denise McNair in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church that also killed 14-year-old Addie Mae Collins, 14-year-old Carole ...

Sarah Collins Rudolph has spent her life coming to terms with the physical — and mental — fallout from the attack that killed her sister and... 4 Little Girls Died In The 16th Street Baptist Church ...

Written by: Anupam Agarwal, M.D. On Sunday, September 15, 1963, a bomb exploded under the steps of the 16th Street Baptist Church, killing four little girls: 14-year-olds Addie Mae Collins, Denise ...

The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they created a ...