On May 24 , 2013 , President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 360 from the 113th United States Congress , a bill which awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins , Denise McNair , Carole Robertson , and Cynthia Wesley to commemorate the lives they lost 50 years ago in the bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church . The gold medal was given to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute to display or loan out to other museums
bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
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