BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC ) - Political violence has once again taken center stage in the United States. For Birmingham, those wounds are familiar, etched deep into the city’s history during the fight for civil rights.

On Tuesday night, Sept. 16, the Birmingham Bar Association and Magic City Bar Association hosted a forum at the Carver Theater honoring survivors of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. The event marked the 62nd anniversary of the attack that killed four young girls and left a permanent scar on the nation.

Community members gathered to reflect on the pain of the past and to draw lessons for today.

Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones, who served as a prosecutor in the bombing trials decades later, told the audience, “I think our society today needs a lot of heali

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