Three of the four young girls killed in the September 15, 1963 church bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church are buried in this cemetery: Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, and Carol Robertson. The fourth victim, Denise McNair, is buried elsewhere. Their tragic deaths helped bring an end to the era of massive resistance to social change in Birmingham and release the city from the fear that had long paralyzed progress in human relations.