US News Last surviving KKK member convicted in ‘63 Alabama church bombing dies in prison By Associated Press Published June 26, 2020, 3:00 p.m. ET Previous 1 of 3 Next Advertisement Damaged automobiles from an explosion at the 16th Street Batpish Church during services in Birmingham, Alabama Sept.15, 1963. AP Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr.AP Advertisement BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The last surviving KKK member convicted in a 1963 Alabama church bombing that killed four black girls has died in prison.