Alabama school superintendent bans high school history club from seeing ‘Selma’

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16. I would hope that the students would be offended

by the treatment of blacks during the Civil Rights Era (and even before that as a matter of fact). I wish that the parents would push to put together a field trip to get as many of the kids to see the movie as possible. If I were one of the parents I would be more then willing to take time off from work to help the kids see the movie.

Taylor is more concerned about white sensibilities then the truth of what was taking place in Alabama during that era. If there is any group with the right to be angry it is the blacks for the way they were treated for years. People like Taylor are afraid that movies like Selma will encourage minorities to stand up for their right to vote in a time when states are trying to pass laws that have the impact of trying to limit the right to vote. It is amazing that, in the 21st Century, Americans once again have to fight for the right to vote.