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Christopher and Maxine McNair, whose 11-year-old daughter Denise McNair was murdered along with three other young girls on Sept. 15, 1963, hold a press conference on Sept. 20, 1963. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Maxine McNair, 93, the Last Living Parent of the 1963 Birmingham Bombing Victims, Dies

by Laura Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor January 13, 2022January 13, 2022

Maxine McNair, who was the last living parent of the four African American girls murdered in a 1963 Alabama church bombing by the Ku Klux Klan, died on Jan. 2 at 93.

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