https://www.wrkf.org/tags/congressional-gold-medal Congressional Gold Medal en-US Copyright Fri, 24 May 2013 21:13:00 GMT https://www.wrkf.org/politics/2013-05-24/four-little-girls-awarded-congressional-gold-medal They were just little girls when they were killed in what came to be known as the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing. And now Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley have been awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, nearly 50 years after the attack in Birmingham, Ala. Fri, 24 May 2013 21:13:00 GMT https://www.wrkf.org/politics/2013-05-24/four-little-girls-awarded-congressional-gold-medal Bill Chappell