Showing posts with label Our trip to Selma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Our trip to Selma. Show all posts

Friday, March 13, 2015

Our trip to Selma

First Lady Michelle Obama info@mail.whitehouse.gov
to me
The White House, Washington 
 
 
 Today, Barack, the girls, and I traveled to Selma, Alabama.
 
There, 50 years ago this month, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Congressman John Lewis, and so many other unsung heroes crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge -- standing up for voting rights and full equality under the law for all Americans.
 
It was an honor and a privilege to stand on that bridge and commemorate the heroes from a half century ago. But the legacy of Selma is not simply about our history -- it's about the march that continues today.
 
So I hope you'll take a moment to hear what Barack had to say today in Selma.
 
Thank you,
First Lady Michelle Obama
 
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