Civil Rights District

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (87+ words) WJRT ABC12 Nearly a year after a deadly attack at a Grand Blanc Township church killed four parish members and wounded others, church members are honoring those lost by donating more than 40,000 pounds of food and necessities to FISH of Grand…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (245+ words) The Grand Blanc Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that was destroyed in a horrific attack about a year ago now plans to rebuild. On Sept. 28, 2025, Thomas Jacob Sanford, a 40-year-old man from nearby Burton, crashed his truck into…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (555+ words) Hundreds of people filled the church on Tuesday on the 63rd anniversary of the bombing. The church marked the anniversary with the opening of a new visitors center that leaders said is aimed at educating people about one of the most…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (162+ words) GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will have a groundbreaking for a new meetinghouse on Sept. 28, one year after the church attack. Limited tickets are available for the groundbreaking, but the event will…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (135+ words) Times Argus The statue named, "The Four Spirits," is seen near the 16th Street Baptist Church, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Birmingham, Ala. 16th Street Baptist Church marks bombing anniversary with a new visitor center Hundreds of people gathered at the 16th Street Baptist Church…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (449+ words) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Sixteenth Street Baptist Church marked the 63rd anniversary of the racist bombing that killed four Black girls by opening a new education and visitor center dedicated to memory, learning and continued work for justice. The new 13,000-square-foot Sixteenth Street…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (555+ words) Hundreds of people filled the church on Tuesday on the 63rd anniversary of the bombing. The church marked the anniversary with the opening of a new visitors center that leaders said is aimed at educating people about one of the most…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (194+ words) The Bama Buzz The 16th Street Baptist Church Education and Visitor Center opened today, Sept. 15, after a moving anniversary commemoration marking a new chapter for one of Birmingham’s most significant landmarks. The 16th Street Baptist Church broke ground on the 13,000 square-foot Education…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (330+ words) Sixty-three years after four little girls were killed in a bombing at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, the sister of one of those girls says the hatred behind the attack is not confined to history. Lisa McNair’s sister, Denise…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (299+ words) First Lady Melania Trump travels to a school in Ashe County, North Carolina, nearly two years after Hurricane Helene. Sixty-three years after a bomb exploded at Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church, killing four little girls and shocking the nation, the church…...