Governor’s proclamation honors Carole Robertson, one of the four young victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Governor Kay Ivey has proclaimed September 20, 2025, as Carole Robertson Day— a statewide day of remembrance in honor of Carole Robertson, one of the four young victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Robertson, just 14 years old, lost her life in the tragic 1963 bombing in Birmingham, along with Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, and Carol Denise McNair. The bombing, carried out by members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter, killed the four girls and injured many others, leaving a lasting scar on civil rights history…