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 going to
petition to the honorable george c. wallace issued of god, citizen of the united states and governor of the state of alabama. we, as citizens of alabama citizens of many states in our united states and citizens of several foreign countries, come praying the blessing of god upon you and we, many responsibilities that are yours to discharge. we come petitioning you to join us in spirit and in truth in what is history s and america s movement toward the great society. a nation of justice where none shall prey upon the weakness of other, a nation of plenty where greed and poverty shall be done away, a nation of brotherhood where success is founded upon service and honor given for nobleness alone. we have come to represent the negro citizens of alabama and freedom loving people from all over the united states and the world. we have come not only 65 days and 60 miles but we have come from three centuries of suffering and hardship. we have come to you, the governor of alabama,
three tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. the selma to montgomery alabama voting rights march in 1965 through the attention of the world when activists were attacked by police at the start of the march in selma, alabama on march 7. that day became known as bloody sunday. 18 days later, with armed protection from the u.s. army and alabama national guard, the protesters completed the four-day march from selma to montgomery. next, a commemorative ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the march 25th rally. the keynote speaker is reverend bernice king, martin luther king jr. s daughter, who is ceo of the king center for nonviolent social change. this is about 30 minutes. bernice king: thank you, dr. stuart, and to all who are gathered here. my brothers and sisters, what a beautiful day the lord has given us to gather and to celebrate, and more importantly, to act. in the spirit of the movement, it is my honor and privilege to introduce the one who will bring the messag
race, in terms of the legal restrictions on n-americans is fundamentally different, and that is because of actions like these two young girls in st. augustine, florida. lonnie bunch, thank you. my pleasure. i thought i might start with inviting you just to share some reflections of coming up in st. augustine and maybe a little bit about family and schooling and that will sort of help us set the stage for how you emerged as activists in your teenage years. well, coming up in st. augustine, st. augustine to me was a very, very nice, nice town to live in, to grow up in. we had a lot of black businesses at the time that i grew up. washington street was our main street that had a lot of black businesses. when we started in the movement we didn t start off picketing or demonstrating. we would go down to the st. paul s a.m.e. church and sit around and just talk about what we were going to do. you know, that was when school was out. and when we found out that we had someone
didn t realize at the time that they were really part of a transformative struggle. that in essence their work in st. augustine was part of a bigger strategy that really transformed america. the america of today in terms of race, in terms of the legal restrictions on n-americans is fundamentally different, and that is because of actions like these two young girls in st. augustine, florida. lonnie bunch, thank you. my pleasure. i thought i might start with inviting you just to share some reflections of coming up in st. augustine and maybe a little bit about family and schooling and that will sort of help us set the stage for how you emerged as activists in your teenage years. well, coming up in st. augustine, st. augustine to me was a very, very nice, nice town to live in, to grow up in. we had a lot of black businesses at the time that i grew up. washington street was our main street that had a lot of black businesses. when we started in the movement we didn t start o