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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 10: (L-R) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) participate in a ceremony to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the four young girls who were killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing at the U.S. Captiol September 10, 2013 in Washington, DC. Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley were killed September 15, 1963 when members of the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The medal honors the girls' sacrifice and how it served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
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Washington, District of Columbia, UNITED STATES |
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CHIP SOMODEVILLA |
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11 Septembrie 2013 |
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