HR 360 · 113th Congress · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

To award posthumously a 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 the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where these 4 little Black girls' ultimate sacrifice served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.

Introduced 2013-01-23· Sponsored by Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]· House

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Latest: Became Public Law No: 113-11.(2013-05-24)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2013-04-24
Roll #123
Yea 420Nay 0
Democrats
193 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
227 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2013-04-24
Roll #123
Yea 420Nay 0
Democrats
193 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
227 Yea·0 Nay

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to commemorate the lives of Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley (children who lost their lives in the September 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, an incident recognized as a catalyst for the civil rights movement). Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medals, with amounts received from the sale to be deposited in the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.…

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Cosponsors (20)

14 Democrats6 Republicans