50 Years After Selma: The March Continues
“If the worst in American life lurked in [Selma’s] dark streets, the best of American instincts arose passionately from across the nation to overcome it.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., March 25, 1965
This weekend, the First Family traveled to Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the marches from Selma to Montgomery. Learn about the history of the marches. Listen to the stories of those who marched. And tell us how you’ll honor their legacy and #MarchOn.
And earlier today, President Obama spoke at the Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches. Watch it below. For a transcript, click here.
As we have blogged before, the immigrant rights movements has much to learn from Dr. King and the civil rights movement. President Obama has said that deporting immigrant children is not true to the spirit of Selma.
KJ