Birmingham: The last living parent of one of the four black girls was killed in the bombing of the 1963 Alabama Church, died on Sunday.
He was 93.
McNair’s family announced his death in a press release.
The cause of death is not given.
Putri McNair, Denise McNair, 11 years old, is the youngest girl who was killed in the bombing of the Baptist Church 16th Street Birmingham, the most deadly single attack from the civil rights movement.
Also killed are three children aged 14 years: Addie Mae Collins, Carole Rosamond Robertson and Cynthia Dionne Wesley.
Three Ku Klux Klan clan was finally punished in this case, the first in 1977 and two more in the early 2000s.
Maxine McNair worked as a teacher for more than three decades in Birmingham public schools.
His daughter, Lisa McNair, said he changed many lives through education and left the lasting heritage through the students he touched.
“Mrs.
McNair is an extraordinary wife and mother and as a 33-year teacher in the Birmingham Public School System provides knowledge in the lives of hundreds.
We will miss laughter and humor.
The family will appreciate all your thoughts.
And prayer,” said a family statement.
Maxine McNair’s husband, Chris Mcnair, died in 2019 at the age of 93.
He was one of the first black members of Alabama’s legislature since reconstruction, and a commissioner Jefferson County.
In 2013, Maxine McCnair attended the Oval office ceremony where President Barack Obama gave four gold medalists of Congress, one of the highest civilian awards in the country.
The funeral arrangement for the celebration of Maxine Mcnair’s life is waiting.
Denise McNair is one of five girls who have gathered in the bathroom downstairs at the Baptist Street 16 church on September 15, 1963, when a time bomb planted by KKK members go outside under a set of stairs.
Fifth girl and Addie Mae Collins sister, Sarah Collins Rudolph, blinded in one eye with an explosion.
He then gave a testimony that helped lead to the beliefs of men accused of planting bombs.
The Church bomb came during the peak of the struggle for civil rights in America, and when Birmingham public school was being increased.
The four girls became a symbol of racist hatred from many opposition to equality of rights.