He served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1973 to 1981 and was a Democrat. McNair then served on the Jefferson County Commission from 1986 until 2001. In 2006, McNair was convicted on bribery and corruption charges and served his sentence in prison from 2011 until 2013.
He died at his home in Birmingham, Alabama. On September 15, 1963, his daughter Denise McNair and three other children were killed in the bombing, of the 16th Street Baptist Church, in Birmingham, Alabama.[1][2][3][4]
ReferencesEdit
^'Chris McNair, father of 16th Street Baptist Bombing Victim, dies at 93,' The Washington Post, Emily Langer, May 10, 2019
^Chris McNair, Former Local Official and Father of one of the '4 Little Girls,' Dies at 93
^Former Jefferson County Commissioner Chris McNair dies
^Celebrating Chris McNair Father, Friend, Husband and Legend
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