Carolyn McKinstry, a survivor of the Sixteeth Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham in 1963, will speak at 6 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Suwanee branch of thee Gwinnett county Public Library, 361 Main Street, Suwanee.

McKinstry was present when members of the Ku Klux Klan bombed the church, killing four of her young friends. She is the author of “While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age During the Civil Rights Movement.”

The event is free. For more information, visit www.gwinnettpl.org or call 770-978-5154.

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