#aac? ,,congress  #a/ ,session  ,h4 ,r4 
#cfj  ,,an ,,act  ,to aw>d po/hum\sly a 
,congressional ,gold ,m$al to ,addie    
,mae ,coll9s1 ,d5ise ,mc,nair1 ,c>ole   
,rob]tson1 & ,cyn?ia ,wesley to         
commemorate ! lives !y lo/ #ej ye>s ago 
9 ! bomb+ ( ! ,sixte5? ,/reet ,bapti/   
,*ur*1 :]e ^! #d little ,black girls'   
ultimate sacrifice s]v$ z a cataly/ = ! 
,civil ,rights ,movem5t4  #a4 ,f9d+s ,! 
,congress ,f9ds ! foll[+3  7#a7         
,septemb] #ae1 #bjac1 w m>k #ej ye>s    
s9ce ! lives ( ,addie ,mae ,coll9s1     
,d5ise ,mc,nair1 ,c>ole ,rob]tson1 &    
,cyn?ia ,wesley 7 sudd5ly tak5 by a bomb
 plant$ 9 ! ,sixte5? ,/reet ,bapti/     
,*ur* 9 ,birm+ham1 ,alabama4  7#b7 ,!   
s5seless & premature dea? ( ^! #d little
 ,black girls sp>k$ ,! ,movem5t t ,*ang$
 ! ,_w4  7#c7 ,on t tragic ,sunday 9    
,septemb] ( #aifc1 ! _w took notice ( ! 
viol5ce inflict$ 9 ! /ruggle = equal    
rights4  7#d7 ,! fact t #d innoc5t      
*ildr5 lo/ _! lives z !y prep>$ =       
,sunday ,s*ool %ook ! _w's consci5ce4   

7#e7 ,?is trag$y galvaniz$ ! ,civil     
,rights ,movem5t & sp>k$ a surge (      
mom5tum t help$ secure ! passage ( !    
,civil ,rights ,act ( #aifd & lat] !    
,vot+ ,rights ,act ( #aife by ,presid5t 
,lyndon ,b4 ,johnson4  7#f7 ,ju/ice 0   
delay$ = ^! #d little ,black girls & _! 
families until #bjjb1 #ci ye>s aft] !   
bomb+1 :5 ! la/ ( ! #d ,klansm5         
responsible = ! bomb+ 0 *>g$ & convict$ 
( ! crime4  7#g7 ,! #d little ,black    
girls are emblematic ( s _m :o h lo/ _! 
lives = ! cause ( fre$om & equality1    
includ+ ,virgil ,w>e & ,james ,johnny   
,rob9son :o 7 *ildr5 also kill$ )9 h\rs 
( ! #aifc *ur* bomb+4  7#h7 ,! legacy t 
^! #d little ,black girls left w live on
 9 ! m9ds & he>ts ( u all = g5]ations to
 come4  7#i7 ,_! extraord9>y sacrifice  
sp>k$ real & la/+ *ange z ,congress     
began to aggressively pass legislation t
 ensur$ equality4  7#aj7 ,sixte5? ,/reet
 ,bapti/ ,*ur* rema9s a p[]ful symbol ( 
! movem5t = civil & human rights & w ho/
 ! #ej? anniv]s>y c]emony on ,sunday1   

,septemb] #ae1 #bjac4  7#aa7 ,x is      
befitt+ t ,congress be/[ ! highe/       
civilian honor1 ! ,congressional ,gold  
,m$al1 9 #bjac to ! #d little ,black    
girls1 ,addie ,mae ,coll9s1 ,d5ise      
,mc,nair1 ,c>ole ,rob]tson1 & ,cyn?ia   
,wesley1 po/hum\sly 9 recognition ( !   
#ej? commemoration ( ! hi/orical        
significance ( ! bomb+ ( ! ,sixte5?     
,/reet ,bapti/ ,*ur*4  #b4              
,congressional gold m$al  7a7           
,pres5tation au?oriz$ ,! ,speak] ( !    
,h\se ( ,repres5tatives & ! ,presid5t   
,pro ,tempore ( ! ,s5ate %all make      
appropriate arrangem5ts = ! pres5tation1
 on behalf ( ,congress1 ( a gold m$al ( 
appropriate design to commemorate !     
lives ( ,addie ,mae ,coll9s1 ,d5ise     
,mc,nair1 ,c>ole ,rob]tson1 & ,cyn?ia   
,wesley4  7b7 ,design & /rik+ ,=        
purposes ( ! pres5tation ref]r$ to 9    
subsection 7a71 ! ,secret>y ( !         
,treasury 7ref]r$ to 9 ?is ,act z !     
,secret>y7 %all /rike a gold m$al )     
suitable emblems1 devices1 &            

inscriptions to be det]m9$ by !         
,secret>y4  7c7 ,aw>d ( m$al ,foll[+ !  
aw>d ( ! gold m$al describ$ 9 subsection
 7a71 ! m$al %all be giv5 to ! ,birm+ham
 ,civil ,rights ,in/itute 9 ,birm+ham1  
,,al1 :]e x %all be available = display 
or tempor>y loan to be display$ else:]e1
 z appropriate4  #c4 ,duplicate m$als ,!
 ,secret>y may /rike & sell duplicates 9
 bronze ( ! gold m$al /ruck "u section  
#b1 at a price suffici5t to cov] ! co/s 
( ! m$al1 includ+ labor1 mat]ials1 dies1
 use ( ma*9]y1 & ov]head exp5ses1 &     
am\nts receiv$ f ! sale ( su* duplicates
 %all be deposit$ 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates ,m9t
 ,public ,ent]prise ,fund4  #d4 ,/atus (
 m$als  7a7 ,national m$als ,! m$als    
/ruck "u ?is ,act are national m$als =  
purposes ( *apt] #ea ( title #ca1 ,unit$
 ,/ates ,code4  7b7 ,numismatic items ,=
 purposes ( sections #eacd & #eacf (    
title #ca1 ,unit$ ,/ates ,code1 all     
m$als /ruck "u ?is ,act %all be consid]$
 to be numismatic items4  ,pass$ ! ,h\se
 ( ,repres5tatives ,april #bd1          

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