Dale Long was 11 when he climbed out the wreckage of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. He learned to heal by helping other Black boys through Big Brothers Big Sisters.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Friday marks the 60th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four Black girls in Birmingham during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.

On Sept. 15, 1963, four Black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

A copy of a 1963 file photo of the Sunday, September 15, 1963, bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church that killed Denise McNair, 11, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley and Carole Robertson, all 14.

After the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, 11-year-old Dale Long stumbled from the rubble and went on to find healing by helping others. Long and his younger brother, Ken, were unharmed by the ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Friday marks the 60th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four Black girls in Birmingham during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.