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The reason why they had the march is because of him lynch. He was a vet tra, a u. S. Army veteran. He had tried to register five times on the night of that is when he was assaulted, his mother was beaten. And his grandfather was beaten. Thats what we are up against. Robert ray live for us in selma. I understand you have the reverend Jesse Jackson. Yes. Del, exactly. We are live with reverend Jesse Jackson. Ref rend jackson, talked to you many times being from chicago. We are live on al jazeera america. You were telling me what you thought theof the president. What an inspiring rundown of americas history but selma is in the rearview mirror. In the windshield is resegregating the south by law. This is the first state poverty in poverty 40 poverty. The government talks about medicaid. It was pointless. So you think . A Lyndon Jo ....
This movement that we are going now, and im coming to a close is that it did not just start here in selma, remember . It in birmingham with those four little girls, right . And then it moved on to marion where Jimmie Lee Jackson was killed. And then it moved onto selma and then it moves onto montgomery so we celebrate all of that because that is the big picture of where we are today and what is going on. I salute all of those cities and those citizens who pay that price. I wanted to certainly give a shout out, i do not think he is here i saw secretary of hud mr. Julian castro was here, and he and his Administrative Team have done an outstanding job of working with us in terms of trying to find ways to improve this community and build neighborhood communities by finding grants and money to do that so i am elated about that. I am thankful for his presence he visited a ....
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 ....
You greetings as well as welcome for all of you being here in the city of soelma once again as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement. I would like to say that on behalf of the citizens of selma which is about 20,700 citizens i bring you greetings and welcome on behalf of them as well as the city council members. I would like to say also that our city of selma is an old city, incorporated in 2018. 2018. Oh, since the 1820s. I apologize. [laughter] i got a little ahead. 1820. Certainly as we go through this history, pegasus, what, about 195 years old roughly . Incorporated because there was already something there, but it became a incorporated, and i made is the third oldest city in alabama, monbile one, montgomery second and selma third. Anytime i come to this church, i become full. I have hit it for a long time. My mother went to this church all of her life. She passed way some years ago, many years ....