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f
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r “S
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lm
a
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”
t
h
e
f
i
lm co
-w
r
i
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n a
nd
John L
ew
i
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r
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a DuV
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, i
s
t
r
i
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ro
s
s th
e Edmund P
e
t
tu
s b
a
s
ed on th
e 1965 m
a
r
ch
e
s f
rom
B
r
idg
e in S
e
lm
a
, A
l
ab
am
a
, th
e th
e A
l
ab
am
a c
i
t
i
e
s o
f S
e
lm
a to
m
emo
r
i
e
s o
f “B
lood
y Sund
a
y
” a
r
e Mon
tgom
e
ry
,
l
ed by
th
e R
ev
. D
r
.
s
t
i
l
l v
iv
id
in h
i
s m
ind
.
I
t w
a
s on
e o
f M
a
r
t
in Lu
th
e
r K
ing
, J
r
.
th
e d
e
f
in
ing mom
en
t
s o
f th
e c
iv
i
l “
I
t i
s v
e
ry pow
e
r
fu
l
. I
t i
s v
e
ry
r
igh
t
s e
r
a
.
mov
ing
. I
t i
s r
e
a
l
. I
t i
s so r
e
a
l
,
”
“W
e w
e
r
e b
e
a
t
en
, t
e
a
r g
a
s
s
ed
, L
ew
i
s s
a
id
. “
I
t s
ay
s som
e
th
ing
t
r
amp
l
ed and ch
a
s
ed by m
en on abou
t
th
e d
i
s
t
an
c
e w
e
’v
e com
e
in
ho
r
s
eb
a
ck
,
” s
a
id L
ew
i
s
, a c
iv
i
l l
ay
ing down th
e bu
rd
en o
f r
a
c
e
.
”
r
igh
t
s a
c
t
iv
i
s
t and
long
t
im
e D
emo
- The son o
f sha
rec
roppe
r
s
,
c
r
a
t
i
c cong
r
e
s
sm
an
f
rom G
eo
rg
i
a
. L
ew
i
s g
r
ew up on a f
am
i
ly f
a
rm
“M
any o
f u
s a
c
c
ep
t
ed th
e w
ay o
f ou
t
s
id
e T
roy
, A
l
ab
am
a
, and a
t
-
non
-v
io
l
en
c
e a
s a w
ay o
f
l
i
f
e
, a
s a t
end
ed s
eg
r
eg
a
t
ed pub
l
i
c s
choo
l
s
.
w
ay o
f
l
iv
ing
. W
e w
e
r
e w
i
l
l
ing
to Du
r
ing
th
e c
iv
i
l r
igh
t
s mov
em
en
t
, U
.S
. Rep
. John Lew
is
, D
-Ga
.
, d
iscusses the h
is
to
r
ica
l d
rama “Se
lma
” and c
iv
i
l r
igh
ts
in the Un
i
ted
b
e a
r
r
e
s
t
ed
, to b
e j
a
i
l
ed
. W
e a
c
- h
e o
rg
an
i
z
ed s
i
t
-
in d
emon
s
t
r
a
- S
ta
tes du
r
ing a recen
t
in
te
rv
iew
. Fo
r
ty
-n
ine yea
rs a
f
te
r Lew
is and o
the
r ma
rche
rs t
r
ied to c
ross the
c
ep
t
ed
th
e b
e
a
t
ing
s
. And w
e n
ev
e
r t
ion
s a
t seg
rega
ted lunch Edmund Pe
t
tus B
r
idge
in Se
lma
, A
la
.
, memo
r
ies o
f “B
loody Sunday
” a
re s
t
i
l
l v
iv
id
in h
is m
ind
.
g
av
e up
.
”
coun
t
e
r
s
in N
a
shv
i
l
l
e
, T
enn
e
s
s
e
e
. (AP pho
to
)
In a r
e
c
en
t in
t
e
rv
i
ew w
i
th Th
e In 1963
, h
e add
r
e
s
s
ed th
e h
i
s
-
a
t y
e
a
r o
f th
e l
andm
a
rk Vo
t
ing
A
s
so
c
i
a
t
ed P
r
e
s
s
, L
ew
i
s - who i
s to
r
i
c M
a
r
ch on W
a
sh
ing
ton -
two th
po
r
t
r
ay
ed by th
e a
c
to
r S
t
eph
an y
e
a
r
s b
e
fo
r
e h
e and hund
r
ed
s o
f R
igh
t
s A
c
t
, wh
i
ch op
en
ed po
l
l
ing
l
a
c
e
s to m
i
l
l
ion
s o
f b
l
a
ck
s and
J
am
e
s in th
e h
i
s
to
r
i
c
a
l d
r
am
a o
th
e
r
s m
a
r
ch
ed on “B
loody Sun
- p
end
ed a
l
l
-wh
i
t
e gov
e
rnm
en
t
s in
“S
e
lm
a
” - s
a
id th
e t
im
ing o
f th
e d
ay
.
”
e Sou
th
.
f
i
lm
’
s r
e
l
e
a
s
e w
a
s f
i
t
t
ing and ap
- On M
a
r
ch 7
, 1965
, L
ew
i
s and th
e b
rok
e down tho
s
e s
ign
s
p
rop
r
i
a
t
e a
f
t
e
r p
ro
t
e
s
t
s o
f g
r
and o
th
e
r
s w
e
r
e b
e
a
t
en by s
t
a
t
e
t
roop
- “W
a
t s
a
id
, ‘Wh
i
t
e W
a
i
t
ing
,
’ ‘Co
l
-
ju
ry d
e
c
i
s
ion
s no
t to ind
i
c
t wh
i
t
e e
r
s a
s th
ey b
eg
an to m
a
r
ch to th
o
r
ed W
a
i
t
ing
,
’
‘Wh
i
t
e M
en
,
’
‘Co
l
-
po
l
i
c
e o
f
f
i
c
e
r
s in th
e d
e
a
th
s o
f Mon
tgom
e
ry
.
r
ed M
en
,
’
‘Wh
i
t
e Wom
en
,
’
‘Co
l
-
b
l
a
ck m
en
in F
e
rgu
son
, M
i
s
sou
r
i
; T
h
e m
a
r
c
h
i
s c
r
ed
i
t
ed w
i
t
h h
e
lp
- o
r
ed Wom
en
.
’ W
e go
t a Vo
t
ing
and N
ew Yo
rk
.
ing bu
i
ld mom
en
tum fo
r p
a
s
s
ag
e o
In th
is Ma
rch 7
, 1965 f
i
le pho
to
, John Lew
is (cen
te
r
) o
f the
S
tuden
t Nonv
io
len
t Coo
rd
ina
t
ing Comm
i
t
tee
is
fo
rced
to
the
g
round by a s
ta
te po
l
ice o
f
f
ice
r as t
roope
rs b
reak up the demon
-
s
t
ra
t
ion on wha
t has become known as “B
loody Sunday
”
in
Se
lma
, A
la
. Suppo
r
te
rs o
f b
lack vo
t
ing r
igh
ts o
rgan
ized a ma
rch
f
rom Se
lma to Mon
tgome
ry to p
ro
tes
t the k
i
l
l
ing o
f a demons
t
ra
-
to
r by a s
ta
te t
roope
r and to
imp
rove vo
te
r reg
is
t
ra
t
ion fo
r
b
lacks
, who a
re d
iscou
raged to reg
is
te
r
. (AP pho
to
)
R
igh
t
s A
c
t p
a
s
s
ed 50 y
e
a
r
s ago
, a th
e
f
a
c
t
th
a
t Am
e
r
i
c
a
i
s a d
i
f
f
e
r
en
t
C
iv
i
l R
igh
t
s A
c
t p
a
s
s
ed
. Bu
t
, w
e Am
e
r
i
c
a
. Ev
en in th
e h
e
a
r
t o
f th
e
s
t
i
l
l h
av
e a d
i
s
t
an
c
e to go
,
” s
a
id D
e
ep Sou
th
,
tho
s
e s
ign
s a
r
e gon
e
.
L
ew
i
s
.
And
, th
ey w
i
l
l no
t r
e
tu
rn
. P
eop
l
e
“
In m
any commun
i
t
i
e
s tod
ay
, r
eg
i
s
t
e
r
ed
. And
,
th
ey a
r
e vo
t
ing
.
”
th
e qu
e
s
t
ion o
f r
a
c
e i
s s
t
i
l
l v
e
ry L
ew
i
s w
a
s f
i
r
s
t e
l
e
c
t
ed
to Con
-
r
e
a
l
. You c
an f
e
e
l i
t
. You c
an a
l
- g
r
e
s
s
in 1986
. H
e w
a
s
r
e
-
e
l
e
c
t
ed
to
mo
s
t
t
a
s
t
e
i
t
. Bu
t
, you c
anno
t d
en
y a 15
th
t
e
rm
in Nov
emb
e
r
.
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