Denise McNair joined the ancestors (Nov 17, 1951 - Sept 15, 1963). Denise was a student at Center Street Elementary School, she, along with Addie Mae Collins (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Cynthia Wesley (14) was murdered by white domestic terrorists who planted a bomb inside the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL
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"Four Little Girls: Denise McNair, September 15, 1963." Historianspeaks, September 15, 2026. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/four-little-girls-denise-mcnair-september-15-1963.
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