16th Street Baptist Church opens new visitor center on 63rd anniversary of 1963 bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, marked the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing that killed four girls by opening a new visitor center. Hundreds gathered for the annual memorial service featuring guest speaker Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. The center will host exhibits, oral history initiatives, artist residencies, and community programming.
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“16th Street Baptist Church marks bombing anniversary with a new visitor center”
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The 16th Street Baptist Church opened a new visitor center on the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 bombing
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