Today marks the 45th anniversary of the march From Selma to Montgomery, Alabama:
On March 7, demonstrators start a 54-mile march in response to an activist’s murder. They are protesting his death and the unfair state laws and local violence that keep African Americans from voting. Led by SNCC activists John Lewis and Hosea Williams, about 525 peaceful marchers are violently assaulted by state police near the Edmund Pettus Bridge outside Selma.
We strive to make progress in the face of terrific odds, and amidst terrible injustice. We persevere because of the strength of our will, and the power of righteous thought.
To learn more about the Selma March, please go here.
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