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Please remain standing as the chaplain of the United States senate dr. Barry black gives the invocation. Let us pray. Sovereign god, your glory fills the skies. Triumph over the shades of night. Lord, thank you for this congressional Gold Medal Ceremony that commemorates the brief lives of four exemplary young women, casualties in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church on september 15th, 1963. May their deaths on a day that they came to church to worship you remind us of the senseless and deranged nature of evil motivating us to remember that all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. We praise you that their tragic deaths helped arouse the conscience of a nation, bring g ing deliverance and freedom to the oppressed. Inspire us, oh, god, to honor the memories of addy, de ....
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 summontgomery 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 im 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 righ ....
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 ....
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 ....
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 ....