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FILE - President Barack Obama signs a measure designating the Congressional Gold Medal commemorating the lives of the 4 young girls killed successful the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing of 1963, Friday, May 24, 2013, successful the Oval Office of the White House. Standing, from near are Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., and Lisa McNair. Seated astatine close is Thelma "Maxine" Pippen McNair, the parent of Denise McNair. Maxine McNair, the past surviving genitor of immoderate of the children killed successful the 1963 bombing of Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church, died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022. She was 93. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The past surviving genitor of immoderate of the 4 Black girls killed successful the 1963 Alabama religion bombing died Sunday. She was 93.

Maxine McNair's household announced her decease successful a property release. A origin of decease was not given.

McNair's daughter, 11-year-old Denise McNair, was the youngest miss killed successful the bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church, the deadliest azygous onslaught of the civilian rights movement. Also killed were 3 14-year-olds: Addie Mae Collins, Carole Rosamond Robertson and Cynthia Dionne Wesley.

Three members of the Ku Klux Klan were yet convicted successful the case, the archetypal successful 1977 and 2 much successful the aboriginal 2000s.

Maxine McNair worked arsenic a teacher for 33 years successful the Birmingham nationalist schoolhouse system. Her daughter, Lisa McNair, said she changed galore lives done acquisition and near a lasting bequest done the students she touched.

“Mrs. McNair was an astonishing woman and parent and arsenic a teacher of 33 years successful the Birmingham nationalist schoolhouse strategy imparted cognition successful the lives of hundreds. We are going to miss her laughter and her humor. The household would admit each of your thoughts and prayers,” the family's connection said.

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Maxine McNair’s husband, Chris McNair, died successful 2019 astatine the property of 93. He was 1 of the archetypal Black members of the Alabama legislature since Reconstruction, and a Jefferson County commissioner.

Funeral arrangements for a solemnisation of Maxine McNair’s beingness are pending.

Denise McNair was 1 of 5 girls who had gathered successful a downstairs bath astatine the 16th Street Baptist Church connected Sept. 15, 1963, erstwhile a timed weaponry planted by KKK members went disconnected extracurricular nether a acceptable of stairs.

The 5th girl, Sarah Collins Rudolph, was blinded successful 1 oculus by the blast. She aboriginal provided grounds that helped pb to the convictions of the men accused of planting the bomb.

The religion bombing came during the tallness of the combat for Civil Rights successful America, and arsenic Birmingham’s nationalist schools were being desegregated. The 4 girls became emblems of the racist hatred that emanated from overmuch of the absorption to adjacent rights.

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