Transcript of President Obama's Selma Speech
‘The march on Selma was part of a broader campaign that spanned generations; the leaders that day part of a long line of heroes.’
SELMA, AL - MARCH 07: U.S. president Barack Obama speaks in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 2015 in Selma, Alabama. Selma is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the famed civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery that resulted in a violent confrontation with Selma police and State Troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965.
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It is a rare honor in this life to follow one of your heroes. And John Lewis is one of my heroes.