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Selma 50 Years Later

by jgarrott

LIVE Saturday, March 7 and Sunday March 8, 2015

This coming weekend marks the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when voting rights advocates on a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama were met with violence from Alabama state troopers and local police.  American History TV will be LIVE from Selma this Saturday and Sunday March 7 and 8,  and each night at 8 pm eastern time we'll show highlights of our coverage.

 

Saturday, March 7

12pm ET LIVE from Selma: Viewer calls on "Bloody Sunday" 50 Years Later. Guest TBD.

1pm ET LIVE Commemorative ceremony with President Obama and Congressman John Lewis (D-Georgia). Former President George W. Bush will attend the event at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

3pm ET Archival news coverage of Selma to Montgomery March recorded March 25, 1965. This march, under federal protection, ended at the Alabama State Capitol and includes remarks by major civil rights leaders of the time such as Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Roy Wilkins, Fred Shuttlesworth and Ralph Abernathy.  

8 pm: re-air of the day's coverage

 

Sunday, March 8

11:45am ET  LIVE Historic Brown Chapel AME Church service (starting point for Selma-Montgomery marches). Speakers include Andrew Young, Martin Luther King III and Rev. Al Sharpton.

4pm ET President Lyndon B. Johnson's voting rights speech to a Joint Session of Congress - March 15, 1965.

8pm ET: re-air of the day's coverage

 

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