McNair's camera lens caught many people and details that often would otherwise have gone unrecorded in pre-integration Birmingham.
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Birmingham’s Chris McNair had a long life as an elected official, serving in the state legislature on and the Jefferson County Commission, and as an advocate after his daughter, Denise McNair died in the bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963. But McNair was also an accomplished photographer, and his lens caught many people and details that often would otherwise have gone unrecorded in pre-integration Birmingham: Weddings, graduations, parties. He took many pictures of the Birmingham Campaign and went to Atlanta in 1965 for Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral.
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