Chris McNair
Acting
Biography
Chris McNair was the father of Denise McNair, who was killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. in 1963. McNair was born in Fordyce, Arkansas and served in the United States Army during World War II. He received his degree in agronomy from Tuskegee University in 1949. McNair was the owner of a photography business in Birmingham, Alabama. He served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1973 to 1981 and was a Democrat. McNair then served on the Jefferson County Commission from 1986 until 2001.
Known For
On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation--and a defining moment in the history of the civil-rights movement. Spike Lee re-examines the full story of the bombing, including a revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace.
4 Little Girls
A boy from California goes to visit his grandfather in New Zealand, where he learns that the frail old man is a fanged flier by night.