You greetings as well as welcome for all of you being here in the city of soelma once again as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement. I would like to say that on behalf of the citizens of selma which is about 20,700 citizens i bring you greetings and welcome on behalf of them as well as the city council members. I would like to say also that our city of selma is an old city, incorporated in 2018. 2018. Oh, since the 1820s. I apologize. [laughter] i got a little ahead. 1820. Certainly as we go through this history, pegasus, what, about 195 years old roughly . Incorporated because there was already something there, but it became a incorporated, and i made is the third oldest city in alabama, monbile one, montgomery second and selma third. Anytime i come to this church, i become full. I have hit it for a long time. My mother went to this church all of her life. She passed way some years ago, many years ago but always on mothers day when she was alive any and even
This is American History tv on cspan3. [applause] let me thank god this day for there is no other place i would rather be at this hour than in the house of the lord. Amen. Before i say what i want to say, which will be quick, i must proud i am to once again have i am proud to have my wife and our daughter here with us. [applause] the only grandchild of martin and coretta king. I was asked to do a tribute, and it has been 50 years, but i am not feeling like a tribute because i find it challenging to celebrate yes, we celebrate so many who some gave their lives and others walked over the bridge yesterday 50 years ago and were beaten badly, but when we think about what Martin Luther king, jr. Would want us to do, i imagine he would tell us that our work was not done. Do, i imagine he would tell us that our work was not done. It has certainly been 50 years and there are so many here today that would not have been here. Cabinet secretary that were certainly not here 50 years ago, and i am p
And all the stuff that goes so colorfully with louisiana but also with florida and alabama and coastal mississippi as well. We own the alabama gulf coast actually feel we may have more in common with new orleans and pensacola than we do perhaps with montgomery and birmingham. I really did want to approach it as someone with a golf sensibility someone who is from here but not necessarily someone who can look at larger issues and talk about them but also appreciate what we have that special and a perspective that gives us. There is also a section called controversy and censorship because frequently unfortunately local School Boards can be counted on to ban certain books and as mark twain said first god created idiots and then he created School Boards so when the George County Mississippi School board bans steinbeck of mice and men i had to Say Something about it in print in the best way for me to imagine tackling that was to have lennie and george on, iii wrote happening on a scrap of ne
Lewis discuss the life and legacy of wallace. They look at whether political concerns or racism motivated wallace to oppose integration. This event took place at the Birmingham Public Library in birmingham, alabama. Its about 90 minutes. In birmingham, they love the governor. This line from Lynyrd Skynyrds 1974 song sweet home alabama may be one of the most debated lines from one of the most debated songs in american music. George wallace was so taken with the song when he first heard it that he planned to issue a special gubernatorial citation to lynyrd skynyrd. But then one of the governors aides suggest he listen more closely to the line that follows in birmingham they love the governor. The next line anybody remember . Boo, boo, boo. Sung by a group of female africanamerican backup singers. Including, by the way, the great mary clayton who originated the role of the acid queen in the wh whos tommy. That has nothing to do with what were talking about tonight. I just think thats a co
Hands of police who is now paralyzed in the hospital still. His father was on cnn earlier today, and hes said that his son is not only in pain but that hes also shackled to a hospital bed. Again, hes paralyzed and shackled to a hospital bed. President trump, he made no mention of jacob blake as he accepted the Republican Partys nomination in front of a packed crowd outside the white house last night. Instead, he continued to hammer away at his message that really has been his message since the 2016 campaign of law and order painting a dark picture of America Today including in the city where jacob blake was shot. We must never allow mob rule. We can never allow mob rule. The Republican Party condemns the rioting, looting, arson and violence we have seen in democratrun cities all, like kenosha, minneapolis, portland, chicago and new york. So were going to get back to the president s remarks in a moment but lets start with the march on washington. Many speakers, including members of the