Caption for Mr. and Mrs. Chris McNair, Birmingham, Alabama
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Unidentified Photographer, Mr. and Mrs. Chris McNair, Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 1/8 inches, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with funds from Jonathan Shils in memory of Taylor Stuckey, 2007.237.
Transcribed caption: “(BM10) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 16–PARENTS OF BLAST VICTIM–Mr. and Mrs. Chris McNair hold picture of the daughter, Denise, 11, in Birmingham today as they tell a newsman about the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. Denise and three other young Negro girls died in the blast with came during Sunday School yesterday. McNair operates a commercial photo studio. (AP Wirephoto) (JL21310stf) See AP Wire Story 1963”