Lyn Stafford

Lyn Stafford

Lyn Stafford Lyn Stafford grew up in Birmingham among great aunts and uncles whose stories—including tales about the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and World Wars I and II—inspired her to “love Southern history and spend time in musty archives trying to solve history’s...
Lisa McNair

Lisa McNair

Lisa McNair Lisa McNair is a sister of Denise McNair, one of the four little girls who were killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham on September 15, 1963. Denise was the only child of Chris and Maxine McNair at the time of her death; Lisa...
Kimberly McNair

Kimberly McNair

Kimberly McNair Kimberly McNair is a sister of Denise McNair, one of the four little girls who were killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham on September 15, 1963. Denise was the only child of Chris and Maxine McNair at the time of her...
Joi Brown

Joi Brown

Joi Brown Joi Brown is the director of the Jefferson County Memorial Project, a grassroots coalition of 35 community partners committed to researching Jefferson County’s 33 documented lynching victims and educating the public about the importance of this history. She...
Dorothy Tuck

Dorothy Tuck

Dorothy Tuck Dorothy Tuck is a descendant of Susan Embry (her great-great-great grandmother), who was one of six slaves owned by Elijah Embry in Lincoln, in Talladega County, Alabama in the early-to-mid 1800s. Susan lived all her life, even after emancipation, with...