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.

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.

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.

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.