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jon: also this weekend marked the another thing. in alabama some 80,000 people march in sunday to mark a turning point in the u.s. civil rights struggle. the 50th anniversary of selma s bloody sunday. on that day hundreds of demonstrators attempted to march 50 miles from selma to the alabama state capitol to demand the right to vote for black americans. jon: that guy i was talking, you see him with the trench coat and backpack that s john lewis! that s him! he was like the first guy over the bridge. on his way to billy club alley marching in great danger for civil rights. look at you just sitting there [bleep]. yeah i see you. how is the ben & jerry s hero? sorry. (laughter) i don t know why i turned that into a personal attack on you the viewer. georgia congressman is now 75 years old. saturday his 25-year-old saturday was not far from his thoughts. if someone had told me that we were crossing this bridge, that one day i would be back here introduced as the fir ....
demand the right to vote for black americans. jon: that guy i was talking, you see him with the trench coat and backpack that s john lewis! that s him! he was like the first guy over the bridge. on his way to billy club alley marching in great danger for civil rights. look at you just sitting there [bleep]. yeah i see you. how is the ben & jerry s hero? sorry. (laughter) i don t know why i turned that into a personal attack on you the viewer. georgia congressman is now 75 years old. saturday his 25-year-old saturday was not far from his thoughts. if someone had told me that we were crossing this bridge, that one day i would be back here introduced as the first african-american president, i would have said you re crazy. you re out of your mind. you don t know what you re talking about. jon: that s inspiring. i think that is a very inspiring thing. i m to the going to obviously tell the people who ran the commemoration in selma how to do the job. if it s me i get th ....
and i am handicapped in every way. i want to be a student i have struggled hard. i will always be thankful for the naacp for giving me some directly to channel my activities for a better way of life. i am very thankful for dr. martin luther king, who came to montgomery with his nonviolent christian attitude and of loving your enemies. i almost did not come here today because so many people told me not to come here, and i said that, seeing what happened in summa, i came here with hope and faith and you have given me faith today. i want to say that we were given leaflets about this. dr. king was not a student, but i was. i learned at that time and place that we are not in a struggle of black against white, but wrong and right. thank you. [applause] someone has suggested that besing but we re not going to sings. someone has suggested that i acknowledge the presence of the people who are here from london and the people from canada and other fine countries. i m not goi ....
alabama, marking the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday when voting rights advocates on a march were met with violence from alabama state troopers and local police. starting here shortly, the commemorative church service in the historic brown chapel ame church, the starting point for that sum-montgomery marches. expect to hear today from eric holder andrew young, martin luther king the third, reverend al sharpton, and alabama congressman, whose district includes soma. that is expected to start shortly here in selma, alabama. down by the riverside down by the riverside down by the riverside down by the riverside i m going to put on my long white robe. down by the riverside down by the riverside down by the riverside down by the riverside [applause] thank you, sir. all right. [applause] live on american history tv on c-span three, the brown chapel ame church. we will be hearing from eric holder conger holder, andrew young, martin luther king the third, reverend a ....
this is american history tv on c-span3. [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 no ....