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Four Alabama girls killed in a 1963 terrorist bombing at their church would posthumously receive the Congressional Gold Medal under legislation House lawmakers approved unanimously Wednesday.

The medal is the highest civilian honor Congress can bestow.

The Senate also is expected to approve the legislation honoring the four girls, whose deaths became a defining moment of the civil rights movement. Once the proposal becomes law, a medal ceremony is planned for later this year in the U.S. Capitol, according to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California.

Addie Mae Collins, 14; Denise McNair, 11; Carole Robertson, 14; and Cynthia Wesley, 14, were killed by Ku Klux Klansmen who planted a bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church, a prominent black church in downtown Birmingham, Ala.

The murders shocked the country and prompted Congress to enact civil rights legislation. Three of the bombers were eventually convicted.Sisters of two of the bombing victims watched from the House gallery Wednesday as lawmakers discussed the medal legislation. Afterward, the sisters posed for pictures on the steps of the Capitol and had lunch with Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., the lead sponsor of the legislation.

Sewell said the official medal ceremony probably will take place in early September before the anniversary of the bombing on Sept. 15.

Bachus and Sewell said it has taken 50 years to fully appreciate what the girls' murders meant to the history of the country and the world, and the value of non-violent protest to affect social change.

"It has stood the test of time," Bachus said.

To read the complete article, see:House approves medal for victims of 1963 church bombing(www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/24/house-approves-gold-medal-for-1963-bombing-victims/2110855/)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:WAYNE'S NUMISMATIC DIARY: APRIL 21, 2013(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n16a20.html)