Alabama 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

All year long on Alabama Public Radio we’re looking back on pivotal moments in the fight for civil rights. Many of the landmarks in the battle against…

As Birmingham prepares to remember the four little girls killed nearly 50 years ago in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing one woman is searching for…

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…

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…

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…

The government is seeking the early release from prison of a former Alabama politician whose daughter died in a racist church bombing in Birmingham in…

September 15th, 1963 started off just like any other Sunday for Barbara Cross with morning Sunday school class down in the basement of 16th Street Baptist…

The city of Birmingham says more than 100 companies, churches and other groups have signed on to sponsor an event coinciding with the 50th anniversary of…

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President Barrack Obama plans to sign a bill Friday that awards the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to the four girls killed in the 1963 bombing of…