1963 16th street baptist church bombing

Hoyt Garland Harwell, a longtime reporter for the Associated Press who covered key events in the American South, has died. He was 93. Harwell covered the aftermath of the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham and the civil rights activists protesting against segregation in the South.

Governor Bentley has set a date for the special session of the legislature. They will discuss proposals for creating a state lottery. APR Student…

A church in Birmingham is marking the anniversary of a deadly Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed four black girls in 1963.The 16th Street Baptist Church…

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Members of Congress are honoring four black girls at the Alabama church where they died in a Ku Klux Klan bombing 50 years ago.About a dozen members of…

Birmingham is beginning five days of events linked to the 50th anniversary of the church bombing that killed four black girls in 1963. Thousands of…

The city of Birmingham is planning five days of events with political leaders, artists and ordinary citizens to observe the 50th anniversary of a church…

A memorial to four girls killed in a racist church bombing in Birmingham 50 years ago is headed to Alabama from California. A sculpture of the bombing…

Planners of a memorial to honor the four girls killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham say they are nearing their goal…

A former Alabama politician whose daughter died in a racist church bombing in 1963 has been released from a prison medical facility after a judge sided…