{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sewell.house.gov/2025/9/rep-sewell-commemorates-the-62nd-anniversary-of-the-16th-street-baptist-church-bombing-and-honors-the-four-little-girls", "Rep. Sewell Commemorates the 62nd Anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing and Honors the Four Little Girls", "2025-09-15", "2025", "2025-09", "Democrat", "House", "AL", "Terri A. Sewell", "S001185", "sewell.house.gov", "sewell", "https://sewell.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Birmingham, AL \u2013 Today, on the 62nd anniversary of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) shared a video on social media commemorating the attack and honoring the legacy of the Four Little Girls.\n\nWatch the video here.\n\n\u201cWe must know the Four Little Girls by name: Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, and Carole Robertson,\u201d Rep. Sewell said in part. \u201cThose four precious lives were lost so that so many of the freedoms and opportunities that we enjoy today we could have. I know it\u2019s never lost on me that I get to walk the halls of Congress because they can\u2019t, because of their sacrifice.\"\n\n\u201cI hope that you will pause today and remember, and reflect, and recommit ourselves to the cause for which our ancestors fought: civil rights, voting rights, and civil liberties,\u201d continued Sewell.\n\nThe very bill Rep. Sewell passed in Congress awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the Four Little Girls ahead of the 50th anniversary of the bombing. President Barack Obama signed the bill into law in 2013.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T15:07:37Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://sewell.house.gov/2025/9/rep-sewell-commemorates-the-62nd-anniversary-of-the-16th-street-baptist-church-bombing-and-honors-the-four-little-girls"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1134669184684753, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}