Promotion pour le développement culturel et social de Madagascar
8 Mars 2015
First Lady Michelle Obama
Selma, Alabama, March 7, 2015
Today, Barack, the girls, and I traveled to Selma, Alabama.
There, 50 years ago this month, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Congressman John Lewis, and so many other unsung heroes crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge -- standing up for voting rights and full equality under the law for all Americans.
It was an honor and a privilege to stand on that bridge and commemorate the heroes from a half century ago. But the legacy of Selma is not simply about our history -- it's about the march that continues today.
So I hope you'll take a moment to hear what Barack had to say today in Selma.
Thank you,
First Lady Michelle Obama
Selma, Alabama, March 7, 1965
“ Selma marchers gave courage to millions, inspired more change. Our march is not yet finished. Selma will reverbate through the Ages ”
Telegram wrote by Clarence B. Jones to President Lyndon Baines Johnson -LBJ-, Marc 7, 1965
Left: LBJ; right: Clarence B. Jones, up, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seated
Message received by Jeannot Ramambazafy from First Lady Michelle Obama
WE SHALL OVER COME ! A PROTEST SONG BY PETE SEEGER, BECAME A KEY ANTHEM OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
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