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Brian van der Brug
Los Angeles Times
Posted: Saturday, August 15, 2015 8:00 am
A billboard near the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., features Civil War general and Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest on horseback with the quote "Keep the Skeer On 'Em." Not a subtle welcome to town. While much in Selma has changed in the 50 years since Bloody Sunday, many things have not.
http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/edmund-pettus-bridge/image_03390895-629a-57d2-9d8e-23550d3774a5.html
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