A 16th Street Baptist Church comemora o 61o aniversário do bombardeio de 1963 que matou 4 meninas negras. 16th Street Baptist Church commemorates 61st anniversary of 1963 bombing that killed 4 Black girls.

Em 15 de setembro de 2024, a 16th Street Baptist Church, em Birmingham, Alabama, comemorará o 61o aniversário do bombardeio de 1963 que matou quatro meninas negras: Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Morris Wesley, Carole Robertson e Carol Denise McNair. On September 15, 2024, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, will commemorate the 61st anniversary of the 1963 bombing that killed four Black girls: Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Morris Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Carol Denise McNair. O ataque, ligado à Ku Klux Klan, também feriu mais de 20 outros. The attack, linked to the Ku Klux Klan, also injured over 20 others. A igreja realizará um serviço seguido de uma procissão e colocação de coroas de flores no local do bombardeio para homenagear as vítimas. The church will hold a service followed by a procession and wreath-laying at the bombing site to honor the victims.