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Last parent of a child killed in 1963 church bombing dies | Afro

By The Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Maxine McNair, the last living parent of any of the four Black girls killed in a 1963 Alabama church bombing, died Sunday. She was 93. McNair's family announced her death in a press release. A cause of death was not given. McNair's daughter, 11-year-old Denise McNair, was […]

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