Hillary Clinton coming to Selma for 54th anniversary of Edmund Pettus Bridge march

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Mynbc15.com

Hillary Clinton is coming to Selma, Alabama.

This year marks the 54th anniversary of the 1965 attack by police on civil rights marchers who were trying to cross Selma's Edmund Pettus bridge on their way to Montgomery.

Organizers of the annual jubilee say Clinton will speak at two events on March third.

She's also expected to march across the bridge.

"We're not here to relive history. She's not coming to relive history, but to remind us that the fight for voting rights must continue." says Faye Rose Toure, the founder of the Jubilee . . .

Read more: https://mynbc15.com/news/local/hillary-clinton-to-attend-a-dallas-jubilee

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Wish I could be there. I remember it well.

[dlk]

1. Brava Hillary! Even in Private Life She Remains a Leader

Hillary Continues to set an admirable example.

[akraven]

2. My mom marched in the original one! I was too young to go along -

but I've been over that bridge a BUNCH since! Selma is a pretty city, and Montgomery is gorgeous. Keep going on into Birmingham for the Civil Rights Institute - it's amazing. https://www.bcri.org/

My daughter lives near there. Hugs to ALL who helped trying to make things right.

[lastlib]

3. (slightly off-topic. but...)

I know not everyone here will agree with me, but I hope someday that bridge will be renamed as the "Edmund Pettus-John L. Lewis Memorial Freedom Bridge." I would keep Pettus' filthy name on it solely for historical purposes, but add Congressman Lewis' name to it in honor of his role in its story as well as his role in the fight for true civil rights in our country.

Thank you, Madame Secretary, for your tireless efforts to fight for justice in our nation!

[FailureToCommunicate]

4. My father joined other clergy and many more to cross that bridge in solidarity with those

attacked in the first march.



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