 By BOB JOHNSON Associated Press Writer SELMA, Ala. (AP) — More than a thousand people gathered Sunday to commemorate the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” voting rights march – and remarked how the original protest paved the way for modern-day candidates…
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Barack Obama Remembers “Bloody Sunday”
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
Here is a clip of Senator Barack Obama’s comments marking the anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama. Senator Obama spoke at the Brown Chapel AME Church where the march began on March 7, 1965. “I’m here because you all…
