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Last surviving KKK member convicted in ‘63 Alabama church bombing dies in prison

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Associated Press
Published June 26, 2020, 3:00 p.m. ET
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Damaged automobiles from an explosion at the 16th Street Batpish Church during services in Birmingham, Alabama Sept.15, 1963.
Damaged automobiles from an explosion at the 16th Street Batpish Church during services in Birmingham, Alabama Sept.15, 1963. AP
Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr.
Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr.AP
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The last surviving KKK member convicted in a 1963 Alabama church bombing that killed four black girls has died in prison.