have a chance despite the gridlock in congress. so i think it gives movement and excitement and energy. despite president obama s comments on voting rights he warned the country to remember the hard-won progress. he said we can t assume that racial division is inherent in america. how did that really play out with the people there? i think that is precisely what folks here understand. this selma, the selma of 2015 is not the selma of 1965. the notion that what the young people of this community faced, the violence they faced from their police officers, it is not that same selma. in fact, most of the police officers here stopped and took a selfie. very friendly and lovely. a very different place. but that doesn t mean selma isn t still racked by poverty, that it doesn t still have deep issues of inequality. so, no this is not the same selma of 1965. it s also not yet the promiseland that dr. king said