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to deliver a speech at the foot of the bridge in selma, alabama. he will then make that historic walk over the bridge around 5 pm, eastern standard time. this, of course, is the 58th anniversary, 58 years since bloody sunday. that march on that day led by john louis, we all know it incredibly well. at the time, reverend jose williams, there was over 600 marchers on that bridge. and the aim on that day, of those marchers, was to go directly to the alabama governor, georgia wallace, on a 54 mile march from selma to the state capital of montgomery. but in fact, they did not finish that march when protesters were knocked to the ground on the other side of the bridge, hence why so many folks since that day march over that bridge on the anniversary of bloody sunday. the availed s in selma galvanized public opinion. on august 6th, 1965, we ll be following the events live throughout the day here on msnbc. the president, again, delivering those remarks at 3:30 pm at the hit of the bri

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