Selma .
Between Selma and Montgomery-- the county was more than 80% African American, but there was not a single registered African American voter in the county.
In Selma , only 2.1% of blacks of voting age were registered to vote.
to Selma ?"
we were in Selma for the anniversary of Bloody Sunday-- there's always that anniversary.
They came to Selma .
And in Selma you had a sheriff who was a very big man, tall, he was mean.
One of my favorite scenes in "Selma ," which is an incredible movie, is two young African American activists, and they're talking to Martin Luther King, Jr.
We walked down the main street of Selma -- Broad Street.
And it was like a Saturday in Selma .
County-- Dallas was the county that Selma was county seat, Wilcox right next to it-- who cannot vote.
And at the end of the Selma to Montgomery march, Dr. King said something that he used at the end of two or three
This woman is a teacher from Selma , Alabama.
Like Adam Sandler movies where you have Selma Hayek, Jessica Biel, Kate Beckinsale—these accomplished women—with Adam Sandler, who a slovenly slob who’s shtick is wearing
She continued this community work traveling to Brooklyn and Selma .
This is a photo of Martin Luther King in Selma wearing Hawaiian Leis, right?
From Selma to Stonewall, and Seneca Falls to Stonewall,
uh had a gigantic success in the in the movie Selma and where um just after Lupita
him as an actor um for his performance in the movie Selma and so you know it
Synod in any way in his actions in Selma today.
and not befall the sort of end that befalls Selma .
Next year will be the 50th anniversary of the march from Selma to Montgomery.
you can think of the situation Voting Act with Selma with Sheriff Clark but some of the things they did
well so went to Lupita she said yes went to David right as Selma hit the world
And my first call-- partly because of my father's presence in Selma , where I did some of my growing
And we didn't know what kind of response we were going to get in Selma the next day.
I remember I really stressed the urgency of it and that I came from Selma , for whatever impact
It's a valet stand, it's not Selma , let's just go and get in the car.
Dr. King made a decision to go to Selma and join the students in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
taking students and others, to Selma , to Montgomery, to Birmingham, to meet some of the people,
three miles something like that and then letting them Escape and then the Martian Selma trying to go across the Pettis bridge but just see
in his own voice, and I could hear his love for Selma and his--
And if you know the song, "Glory," that was in the film "Selma ," he was the third writer on that.
And I think that startled him a little bit because he didn't expect any white person in Selma to be supporting the Voting
And then, a week later-- March 21-- finally, the Selma to Montgomery march began.
I will never forget that CT Vivian, who was one of the real champions in the Selma movement, told me about five years ago when
If anybody really wants to get a feel for both the experience and the importance of the Selma movement,
He issued a call for religious leaders to come to Selma .
He marched in Selma with Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel; he carried out a correspondence that deeply influenced him by a Buddhist monk named The Venerable Thich Nhat Hahn, right?
there was no guarantee we would all be alike now the Edmund Pettus Bridge of course was the Selma to Montgomery March in
People in Selma , Alabama, marched for voting rights or attempted to, led by SNCC.
a newly minted presidential candidate, having just announced in Springfield maybe 6 weeks before came to Selma .
When he came to Selma , the intention was to speak directly to the African-American community.
And he's sitting there, and he says, what are you doing here in Selma ?
JOSEPH ELLWANGER: Well, the short version is that my father was in Selma as a pastor and president
If you could just talk a bit about what happened on March 6, and then your involvement in the Selma to Montgomery marches.
And it was their attempt to show that this is not just a few people in Selma that are asking for voting
I remember that, basically, what I told him was, I grew up in Selma , Alabama.
But I said, I grew-- most of my growing up was in Selma .
Movement, and led several marchings, including the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma , Alabama, which is known today as Bloody Sunday.