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we the people. we shall overcome. yes, we can. that word is owned by no one. it belongs to everyone. wow. welcome back to hardball. that was, of course, president obama speaking in selma this weekend. actually on saturday. the president and his family along with former president george w. bush and nearly 100 members of congress marched on the same street, the same bridge where civil rights demonstrators were beaten, bloodily by police 50 years ago in what became known as bloody sunday. civil rights icon and georgia congressman john lewis was in selma 50 years ago and he spoke about that day. we were beaten, tear gassed. some of us was left bloody right here on this bridge. 17 of us were hospitalized that day. but we never became bitter or hostile. we kept believing that the truth
we will hear more from you when the numbers come out later today. commemorating the 50th anniversary of the bloody sunday demonstration capping off a week of events that drew massive crowds. president obama kicked off festivities as he and other civil rights leaders including congressman john lewis addressed a crowd of more than 40,000 people at the edmund pettus bridge. we were beaten some of us left bloody on this bridge. 17 of us were hospitalized that day. but we never became bitter or hostile. we kept believing that the truth we stood for would have the final say. with sunday marking 50 years to the date of the violent confrontation between police and protesters some 20,000 people stood arm in arm on the bridge yesterday. nbc s kristin welker was there