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NNPA NEWSWIRE — Despite being born on opposite sides of one of the most heinous events of the civil rights movement, McNair and Fields shared a common goal: to speak out against hate. As the nation reflects on the 60th anniversary of this tragic event, McNair implored people to remember what transpired and contemplate how to prevent such hatred from rearing its head again. The post 60th Anniversary of Birmingham Church Bombing Unites Families of Victims and Perpetrators  first appeared on BlackPressUSA.

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Sixty years ago, a bomb planted by Ku Klux Klan members ripped through a Birmingham church, killing four little girls as they prepared for Sunday services.

Sixty years ago on Sept. 15, the 16th Street Baptist Church was the subject of a terrorist attack. It is often referred to as the Birmingham Church Bombing.

Alabama on Friday will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 bombing at 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four girls. Lisa McNair, the sister of one of the victims,