Marchers commemorate 60 years since Selma, Alabama's "Bloody Sunday"

The Manila Times

Marchers commemorate 60 years since Selma, Alabama's "Bloody Sunday"  Hundreds of people gathered in Selma, Alabama on Sunday, March 9, to retrace the steps civil rights protesters took 60 years ago as they marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and were brutally beaten as they peaceful petitioned for voting rights.  Commemorations of what's known as "Bloody Sunday" were highlighted by activists who participated in the march in 1965 being pushed in wheelchairs across the bridge, joined my members of Congress and civil rights leaders.  On March 7, 1965, roughly 600 civil rights activists began a 50-mile (80km) march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to end racial discrimination in voter registration.   REUTERS VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #worldnews  #rightovote #bloodysunday

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00:00and many by the water.

00:06Turn me around, oh, turn me around.

00:11Turn me around, oh, turn me around.

00:16Turn me around, oh, turn me around.

00:21Turn me around, oh, turn me around.

00:25Thank you, Reverend Thompson.

00:26We gather here today, 60 years,

00:29to commemorate Bloody Sunday

00:33and that sacred day in the movement.

00:36Thankful for John Lewis.

00:37Thankful for Amelia Boynton.

00:39Thankful for Hosea Williams.

00:41Thankful for all of the civil rights heroes,

00:44leaders, and foot soldiers

00:46who paid a heavy price,

00:48carried a heavy burden,

00:50and helped to transform this nation.

00:54We appreciate the service and the sacrifice

00:57and the work of John Lewis,

01:00having served with him,

01:02one who would always tell us

01:04during good times and troubled times,

01:07never give up, never give in.

01:11And when you see injustice,

01:13always be prepared to show up,

01:16to stand up, and to speak up

01:19for what is right.

01:21And so we stand on the shoulders

01:22of those giants right now,

01:24still having to carry a heavy burden

01:26to perfect our country

01:29and perfect our democracy.

01:31And so we stand here

01:33in support of civil rights,

01:35stand here in support of voting rights,

01:37stand here in support of racial justice,

01:39social justice, economic justice.

01:41They want us to step back,

01:43but we're here to make clear

01:45we are going to fight back

01:47until we make sure that America

01:49is the best version of herself.

01:52God bless you all.

01:54We're marching to the spot

01:57where our people tried to pray,

02:01but they wouldn't go.

02:03But they wouldn't let them pray.

02:05So please don't stop marching.

02:08Emmett Harris was the grand dragon

02:11of the Ku Klux Klan.

02:13Ooh, I'm not!

02:43I'm not!

02:45I'm not!

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