I’m in Alabama to take part in the 47th reenactment of the historic civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. The 50 mile march is taking place over 5 days to stand up for civil, voting, and immigrant rights in Alabama and across the country. The first two days were filled with both somber reminders of the often tragic filled fight for civil rights in America and...
I was among the 200 people honored to retrace the first 12 miles of the Selma to Montgomery march Sunday and yesterday. My feet are tired but boy is my soul refreshed from the day’s march and what I experienced. I can’t help but feel a huge debt of gratitude for the brave men and women who embarked on that first march 47 years ago as they fought for civil rights. As I walked...
This year marks the 47th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights march. The 50-mile trek along what is now known as the Voting Rights Trail marked an important moment in the civil rights movement and led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Nearly five decades later, civil rights and community leaders from around the country have once again joined in Selma, Alabama. And in addition to...
The following article by Joel Rogers was originally posted at Policymic.com and can be found here. In a recent article, noted CNN foreign affairs pundit Fareed Zakaria states that Mitt Romney’s comment that he does not care about the very poor was consistent with the general American sentiment. According to Zakaria, “We don’t – none of us...
