Every year,
people gather in Selma, Alabama to commemorate Bloody Sunday, the crossing
of the Pettus Bridge in 1965. People gather at the Brown church,
where the original march started, and walk in a huge group to the bridge.
We stopped in the middle of the bridge, and prayed and sang. The message
I got from today has two parts. One is personal: Everyone will be knocked
down to their knees sometime in life. Everyone. Less
personal: As individuals, we must be empowered to do and be what we want
from the world. It is up to us, as individuals, to make changes this
country needs, one day at a time.
Lest we forget....
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| Brown Chapel |
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| BBQ for people waiting
to get into Brown Chapel |
Maxine Waters, firing
us up. |
Recognition of people
who were in the original march in 1965, known as Foot Soldiers |
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| Lining up for the march |
John Lewis, Maxine Waters, Jesse Jackson
and Al Sharpton, among others, getting ready to march |
John Lewis, Maxine Waters,
Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, among others, getting ready to march, with
the secret service. |
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| A marcher with a photo
to march with |
Marching, on the way to the bridge |
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Looking backwards from the bridge |
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On the others side on
the bridge, honoring the Foot Soldiers. The flag was used in the first
Selma to Montgomery march. |
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| On the way back over the bridge, after the
march. |
The Alabama River. |
The street the march began on, after the
march. |
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you
tube video about the original crossing in 1965 |
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