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Carole Rosamond Robertson (April 24, 1949 – September 15, 1963), was the daughter of Alpha and Alvin Robertson. She has two older siblings and attended Wilkerson Elementary School. This church was the site for the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing which took her life at 14 years old, as well as the lives of Carol McNair, Addie Collins, and Cynthia Wesley. The four girls died at their church on September 15, 1963. Carole was laid to rest at Greenwood Cemetery located in Jefferson county, alongside Addie Mae Collins and Cynthia Wesley. She is the only one of the four victims that held a separate service. Joan Baez later recorded "Birmingham Sunday" to memorialize the four girls. Spike Lee produced a documentary, which was released in 1997 called Four Little Girls. There is also the Carole Robertson Center for Learning that aims to help children and their families, located in Chicago. In 2013, former President Obama awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to each of the four victims. Across the street from the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, there is a bronze and steel statue of the four girls. The church has also been made a National Historic Landmark.