The president of the largest Black denomination in the country said he wants to have a meeting with President-elect Donald ...
The Rev. Boise Kimber, an Alabama native, was installed as the president of the nation’s largest Black denomination on Jan.
16th Street Baptist Church, a center location for civil rights meetings, was demolished by a dynamite bomb planted by KKK members, resulting in the death of 4 little Black girls, Addie Mae Collins ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham has received a $2.5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The grant, made possible through Lilly’s Religion and Cultural ...
Preservation grant awarded to the historic 16th Street Baptist Church CHECK OUT WVTM:Get the top Birmingham, Alabama news of the day. With live, local coverage and the latest weather, WVTM gives ...
In 1963, during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and his colleagues at the Southern ...
The oldest and largest black religious convention in the country, National Baptist Convention, kicked started its mid-winter ...
Exhibits detail some of the most significant events in Birmingham's history, including the tragic loss of life at the 16th Street Baptist Church during a bombing orchestrated by the Ku Klux Klan.
including the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the 16th Street Baptist Church, Kelly Ingram Park, the A.G. Gaston Gardens and the Fourth Avenue Business District, among other points of interest.
In September 1963, a splinter group of the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young black girls attending Sunday school. Activists who were ...