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USA: Selma, Alabama

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  • Annie-Pearl Avery, 71, was a young civil rights activist who was brutally beaten and arrested for trying to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge which crosses the Alabama river in Selma and march to Montgomery. Originally from Birmingham Alabama, she now lives in Selma.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • Faya Rose Sanders Toure, a Harvard-educated attorney and civil rights activist works for one of Selma's oldest established law firms which specializes on civil rights cases.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • The Edmund Pettus Bridge crosses the Alabama river in Selma on the road to Montgomery. This bridge was the scene of violent confrontations between Selma police and civil rights activists.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • Police department photos displayed in the Selma National Voting Rights Museum and Institute show the violent confrontations between police and unarmed demonstrators.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • The Edmund Pettus Bridge crosses the Alabama river in Selma on the road to Montgomery. This bridge was the scene of violent confrontations between Selma police and civil rights activists.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • Statue of Martin Luther King Jr in Selma.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • Darrio Melton is an Alabama State Representative for the 67th precinct. He believes the struggle today is for economic opportunity, and has tabled a bill in the State legislature for a minimum wage.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • Pastor Effell Williams of the Tabernacle of Praise church. He came to Selma in 83 and was threatened to have his house burnt down by white neighbours, called a nigger. He stayed and says there are two Selma's, divided on economic and racial lines.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • Urban blight in west Selma. "we live like in South Africa" says one resident.<br />
Teresa Hall is a single mother and grandmother. She has three children, on is in jail, one just out of jail and one has a daughter with Down syndrome. She has 9 grand children and 12 people live in her house. She knows no way out of poverty. The sign on the door was bought after they were burgled.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • Urban blight in west Selma. "we live like in South Africa" says one resident.<br />
<br />
In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • Sherry Mitchell, 46, a community worker advocating for a community-wide fight against poverty,  guns restrictions for people under 21. She is standing in front of the Selma bridge.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • Wayne Vardaman (center) is the Executive Director of the Selma and Dallas County Economic Development Authority. He says the economy has improved and race relations have improved tremendously. Here he is meeting with Alabama businessmen interested in investing in Selma.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • One of many bail bond or pay-day loan offices in Selma. These offices clientele are largely the result of the legal and economic fallout of poverty.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • Jasmyn Bowie, 16 and Brandon Crum, 18.<br />
Both go to all black high schools. The school system effectively remains segregated today.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • Kimberly King is fighting for a $12 minimum wage and for a union for her factory. She has suffered health ailments from chemicals in the factory she works in. <br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • Confederate flag flies next to statue of Confederate soldier in the Live Oak Cemetery. For many the flag is a symbol of racial hatred, for others a symbol of a lost cultural past.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • Edmund Pettus bridge (named after a Confederate general) across the Alabama River at Selma. 50 years ago civil rights marchers were brutally beaten trying to cross the bridge while demanding voters rights.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • George Sallie, 85, Was clubbed on the Selma bridge by the police while marching for voters rights 50 years ago. He fought for democracy in the Korean war and returned to a country where he could not vote. In 1966 he was voted onto the Selma board of Education.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march was held, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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  • Poverty in Selma. Much of the city is dilapidated and there are few job opportunities, so many of the youth leave town and the city has an aging population.<br />
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In March 1965 a Civil Rights march, led by Rev. Martin Luther King was held, from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery to demand the right to vote. Systematic local police violence against the marchers, forced US president Johnson to send in federal troops to protect the demonstrators right to march and eventually vote.
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