Half a century after the Selma march, the United States is turning its back on civil rights.
March 7 marks the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. Depicted in the highly acclaimed recent movie “Selma,” the brutal police assault on nonviolent protesters became a turning point in the civil rights movement and a factor leading to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
Today, the political heirs of those who stood in the way of equality back in the 1960s are doing whatever they can to roll back these gains.
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50 Years After Selma, America Retreats on Civil Rights
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