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Selma At 60: Black Clergy Recall ‘Bloody Sunday’ With Concerns For The Future
Selma At 60: Black Clergy Recall ‘Bloody Sunday’ With Concerns For The Future

Sixty years after John Lewis and hundreds of civil rights activists were beaten by the Alabama State Police, thousands returned to Selma and the Edmund Pettus Bridge to remember one of the bloodiest campaigns of the 1960s.

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Christianity, News, North America, Politics, Society, HistoryHamil R. HarrisHamil R. Harris, history, Civil Rights, Selma, news, Zenger News, Zenger, ZengerNews, Black clergy, Black church, politics and religion, Christianity, rechargeComment
Remembering Rep. John Lewis As A Man Of Faith Who Inspired Others

(OPINION) What stood out to me most in regard to Lewis was that he put principles over politics and for that he was respected by Republicans and Democrats. At the height of the 2008 Presidential campaign I learned during a gathering President George W. Bush hosted at the White House it wasn’t certain that Lewis was going to endorse Hillary Clinton for president.

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