Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Selma was the site of some of the ugliest confrontations of the Civil Rights era. Civil Rights advocates attempted to march from Selma to the state capitol, Montgomery, and as they attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge heading out of town they were charged into by state troopers and deputized locals on horseback and foot, swinging clubs and using tear gas. Some 17 marchers were hospitalized, including John Lewis, now a member of Congress from Georgia. Supporters from all over the country then flooded Selma, and the following week, with Martin Luther King at the front of the March - and national guard troops lining the route - the march to Montgomery went off smoothly. Of course after the March, a white woman from Detroit named Violet Liuzzo who was giving some black marchers a ride back to their homes as I recall, was ambushed and killed. The reaction to the events in Selma helped push the Voting Rights Act through Congress in and marked the real beginning of the end to the massive resistance to the Civil Rights movement. Those were ugly, ugly times. B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Robert Beaudoin Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 7:04 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] leica sightings Bonjour Brad, Selma AL...wasn t that location mentioned in a 60 s song? Anyone? Best, Robert (Un chevalier sans blason) _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information