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Mon Mar 9, 2015, 01:54 PM

Mar 2015

103-Year-Old Civil Rights Pioneer Joins Original Foot Soldiers, Jesse Jackson to Mark Bloody Sunday

Amy Goodman interviewed civil rights luminaries at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, including 103-year-old Amelia Boynton Robinson, who held President Obama’s hand as they marched on the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Robinson played a key role in organizing the march and invited Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Selma in 1965. "If you are not a registered voter and you are 18 years of age, you are a hopeless people. Definitely hopeless, because you have nothing to say about your county, your city, your state," Robinson says. Other women honored this weekend as original "foot soldiers" who marched in 1965 include then 13-year-old Mae Taylor Richmond. "As we knelt down to pray," she recalls, "the state troopers threw tear gas besides us, and we proceeded to run back to the church."

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Pres Obama, John Lewis and First Family march across Edmund Pettus Bridge [View all] bigtree Mar 2015 OP

NO NETWORK COVERAGE�. Fvcking @ssholes. blm Mar 2015 #1

None?!!! Cha Mar 2015 #2

Tried them all and none are carrying the actual march across the bridge. blm Mar 2015 #3

Just the cable networks carried the speech... Drunken Irishman Mar 2015 #5

CNN showed them walk across the bridge - from behind! LiberalElite Mar 2015 #11

seems to be the only footage so far yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #32

Yeah, "Selma-50 years later.. who cares?" :( Cha Mar 2015 #29

I was flipping between CNN, MSNBC, and C-Span - I had to go out before the walk across the bridge. George II Mar 2015 #28

The M$M sees no profit in showing such a thing. Rex Mar 2015 #7

Can we get back to the REAL story, that John Lewis, President Obama, et. al. walked..... George II Mar 2015 #25

That's why I only knew about it by coming here. cilla4progress Mar 2015 #4

I find these pictures... ReRe Mar 2015 #21

I was hoping someone would post a picture of President Obama holding KMOD Mar 2015 #6

Amelia Robinson bigtree Mar 2015 #8

Beautiful!!! KMOD Mar 2015 #10

more from Democracy Now bigtree Mar 2015 #49

Yes!!! Wow!!! Thank you so very much!!!! KMOD Mar 2015 #50

In my mind, I can hear her... ReRe Mar 2015 #22

:) KMOD Mar 2015 #33

I hope her family had a mic on her... ReRe Mar 2015 #35

It hit me watching Malia and Sasha walking LittleBlue Mar 2015 #9

Sasha is really growing up. avebury Mar 2015 #30

I know, right? LittleBlue Mar 2015 #31

Thanks for posting - CNN LiberalElite Mar 2015 #12

And now I'm crying. You know I have a reputation to uphold........nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #13

I love these pictures Gothmog Mar 2015 #14

Thank you, bigtree. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #15

Beautiful, powerful and immensely moving... Spazito Mar 2015 #16

Amazing photos mcar Mar 2015 #17

If anyone finds video of this, please post it cally Mar 2015 #18

Simply beautiful democrank Mar 2015 #19

Are they marching tomorrow, too? Lifelong Protester Mar 2015 #20

I choked up during the 2008 Inaugural when I saw John Lewis on the stage Thirties Child Mar 2015 #23

I still watch all of the videos from 2008/2009 - from the election coverage, Obama's acceptance... George II Mar 2015 #27

Bush getting in helicopter awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #34

Yeah, that always warms the heart - that and Cheney snarling at people from his wheelchair.... George II Mar 2015 #36

You are Canadian... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #37

Actually I'm American and Canadian (born in Brooklyn NY), but thanks for the compliment! George II Mar 2015 #39

Nah nah nah nah nah nah, hey hey goodbye! n/t eridani Mar 2015 #43

I'm so glad CNN and MSNBC covered the speech, though CNN was better I thought Hekate Mar 2015 #24

Al Jazzera America DAMANgoldberg Mar 2015 #41

Beautiful pictures, and John Lewis' introduction of President Obama was spine-tingling. George II Mar 2015 #26

Goosebumps. Dems to Win Mar 2015 #38

I was thinking - how fortunate and correct that Obama should be President for this occasion! George II Mar 2015 #40

kicking KMOD Mar 2015 #42

I'm still buzzing over it bigtree Mar 2015 #44

Outstanding, and John Lewis always gets to me..the man's heart and soul is so beautiful, Jefferson23 Mar 2015 #45

kick bigtree Mar 2015 #46

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Those girls are going to do some great shit someday...who knows what...but I am looking NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #51

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