Rep. Sewell Commemorates the 62nd Anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing and Honors the Four Little Girls

Birmingham, AL - Today, on the 62nd anniversary of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) shared a video on social media commemorating the attack and honoring the legacy of the Four Little Girls.

Watch the video here.

"We must know the Four Little Girls by name: Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, and Carole Robertson," Rep. Sewell said in part. "Those four precious lives were lost so that so many of the freedoms and opportunities that we enjoy today we could have. I know it's never lost on me that I get to walk the halls of Congress because they can't, because of their sacrifice."

"I hope that you will pause today and remember, and reflect, and recommit ourselves to the cause for which our ancestors fought: civil rights, voting rights, and civil liberties," continued Sewell.

The very bill Rep. Sewell passed in Congress awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the Four Little Girls ahead of the 50th anniversary of the bombing. President Barack Obama signed the bill into law in 2013.

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