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Alabama governor apologizes to '63 church bombing survivor

by Associated Press
| September 30, 2020 1:33 PM

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has apologized to a survivor of a racist 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls, calling the blast an “egregious injustice,” but declining Wednesday to pay restitution without legislative involvement.

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