lewis. in their lifetimes, time stopped when a bomb blew up the 16th ban baptist church in birmingham. they stopped when many were beaten and bloodied while crossing the bridge al selma named after the grand dragon of the ku klux klan. they stopped, time stopped, they forced the country to confront the hard truths and to act, to act to keep the promise of america alive. the promise that holds that we re all created equal and more importantly we deserve to be created equally. from the moment of darkness and despair came light and hope. democrats and republicans and independents work to pass the