Addie Mae Collins (1949 - 1963)

Born 18 Apr 1949 in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Died 15 Sep 1963 at age 14 in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Addie Collins is Notable.

Addie Collins died young.

Addie was born on the 18 of April, in 1949 to Julius and Alice Collins.^[1]Addie had six siblings.

On Sunday, September 15,1963 Addie Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Denise McNair(11) died in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.^[2]Sarah , her younger sister was also injured in the bombing but she recovered.

On May 24, 2013, President Obama signed a bill designating the Congressional Gold Medal commemorating the lives of the four young girls killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church of Birmingham, Alabama.

Sources

1. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXFP-9HP : 11 January 2021), Addie Mae Collins, 1963.
2. ↑ https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Addie_Mae_Collins

See also:

• Find A Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #6433252 : accessed 20 October 2019), memorial page for Addie Mae Collins (18 Apr 1949–15 Sep 1963), Find A Grave Memorial no. 6433252, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .