Pres Obama, John Lewis and First Family march across Edmund Pettus Bridge

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Mark Knoller ?@markknoller 3m3 minutes ago
Pres Obama, John Lewis and First Family march across Edmund Pettus Bridge. (Pool photo by Scott Horsley/NPR)



Mark Knoller @markknoller
Harmon reports Pres Obama was holding hands with original Selma marcher Rep. John Lewis as they crossed Edmund Pettus Bridge.



Doug Mills ?@dougmillsnyt

[blm]

1. NO NETWORK COVERAGE…. Fvcking @ssholes.

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[Cha]

2. None?!!!

[blm]

3. Tried them all and none are carrying the actual march across the bridge.

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[Drunken Irishman]

5. Just the cable networks carried the speech...

But even MSNBC ended coverage before the march. CNN went to talk about Hillary's e-mails.

[LiberalElite]

11. CNN showed them walk across the bridge - from behind!

I wondered what media the press on the truck ahead were from - because they were getting the picture from the front. Meanwhile this CNN viewer saw the back of a lot of people's heads. So, I appreciate the posting of these pics!

[yuiyoshida]

32. seems to be the only footage so far

[Cha]

29. Yeah, "Selma-50 years later.. who cares?" :(

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/03/07/the-presidents-selma-speech/

[George II]

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

[Rex]

7. The M$M sees no profit in showing such a thing.

You forget the first rule.

[George II]

25. Can we get back to the REAL story, that John Lewis, President Obama, et. al. walked.....

....across that bridge?????

That was the point of the OP, not some childish rant using the equally childish (and over played) "M$M".

[cilla4progress]

4. That's why I only knew about it by coming here.

Recording it on C-Span.

I bet those first daughters think their dad is the handsomest, most brave, strong, courageous, valiant man alive.

And ditto for Mom.

These photos make me choke up in a way nothing else does. People marching peacefully to be recognized simply for their humanity. Why do we have to keep doing this? When will we ever learn?

Frustrating and moving, all at the same time.

[ReRe]

21. I find these pictures...

... only moving. The song that enters my head is "Oh, Happy Day." It was such a joyous beautiful day in Selma, Alabama. I so wish I could have been there, since the entire celebration couldn't be viewed on TV somehow, someway. I think if we can be patient, someone will indeed show up with some great videos. Remember, they have to return to their hotel/motel rooms, or maybe wait till they get home in order to upload it.

[KMOD]

6. I was hoping someone would post a picture of President Obama holding

Amelia Robinson's hand.

Thank you!

[bigtree]

8. Amelia Robinson

[KMOD]

10. Beautiful!!!

Thank you so very much.

[bigtree]

49. more from Democracy Now

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."

read more/listen-watch: http://www.democracynow.org/2015/3/9/103_year_old_civil_rights_pioneer

[KMOD]

50. Yes!!! Wow!!! Thank you so very much!!!!

You are my favorite DUer.

I hope everyone takes a moment to listen to the words of wisdom from this icon. Don't be hopeless, vote!

[ReRe]

22. In my mind, I can hear her...

... singing "Come by here, my Lord, come by here...."

[KMOD]

33. :)

and she's still so strong, and beautiful, at 103 years old.

I saw one video clip were she was speaking to everyone on the bridge. I would love to read a write-up on what she had to say.

[ReRe]

35. I hope her family had a mic on her...

... I would love to have heard what she was saying too. There are little digital recorders you can clip on your lapel/collar or breast pocket. She has a very soft voice. Sharp as a tack and a real sweetheart. She was the Angel of the march.

[LittleBlue]

9. It hit me watching Malia and Sasha walking

carefree, laughing down a street where atrocities were committed against blacks. They'll never have to go through that. And what a wonderful thing that is.

We have a long way to go, but that warmed my heart.

[avebury]

30. Sasha is really growing up.

I had not noticed how tall she was now. The Obamas have done a great job raising their two girls.

[LittleBlue]

31. I know, right?

Seems just yesterday she was a little shrimp, now she looks almost as tall as Malia!

[LiberalElite]

12. Thanks for posting - CNN

showed the walk from behind...

[msanthrope]

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

[Gothmog]

14. I love these pictures

[sheshe2]

15. Thank you, bigtree.

I was at work and missed it.

[Spazito]

16. Beautiful, powerful and immensely moving...

Thank you for posting these.

[mcar]

17. Amazing photos

Of an amazing day. Thank you bigtree.

[cally]

18. If anyone finds video of this, please post it

I think many of us want to see it. It gives me chills seeing these pictures.

[democrank]

19. Simply beautiful

[Lifelong Protester]

20. Are they marching tomorrow, too?

Not with the dignitaries there today, but are they marching again or was this it? I heard the speech, but saw NO coverage of this march.

[Thirties Child]

23. I choked up during the 2008 Inaugural when I saw John Lewis on the stage

If anyone deserved to be there, Rep. Lewis did. So proud of him.

[George II]

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

...speech, Obama getting out of the limousine on his way to the Capitol, his speech, etc.

Never gets old for me.

[awoke_in_2003]

34. Bush getting in helicopter

and flying away being "serenaded"

[George II]

36. Yeah, that always warms the heart - that and Cheney snarling at people from his wheelchair....

.....am I mean?

[awoke_in_2003]

37. You are Canadian...

of course you aren't mean

[George II]

39. Actually I'm American and Canadian (born in Brooklyn NY), but thanks for the compliment!

[eridani]

43. Nah nah nah nah nah nah, hey hey goodbye! n/t

[Hekate]

24. I'm so glad CNN and MSNBC covered the speech, though CNN was better I thought

"Oh, happy day"

[DAMANgoldberg]

41. Al Jazzera America

also covered the festivities with Tony Harris (xCNN) in Selma, Randall Pinkston (xCBS), Les Payne, and Del Waters in NY.

CNN has always had to ability to flood a single story, for good or bad, and people watch. Their problem and it has been for all of their 35 year existence is that if the ____ is not hitting the fan, they struggle for viewers, and their politics leaves much to be desired.

[George II]

26. Beautiful pictures, and John Lewis' introduction of President Obama was spine-tingling.

[Dems to Win]

38. Goosebumps.

I'm proud that our country elected this President and lovely First Family in time for this historic march. So happy to see First Grandma Robinson included in this, too, with such a bright smile.

Thank you, bigtree.

[George II]

40. I was thinking - how fortunate and correct that Obama should be President for this occasion!

[KMOD]

42. kicking

beautiful celebration, beautiful day!!!!

[bigtree]

44. I'm still buzzing over it

John Nichols ?@NicholsUprising
Transcript of Barack Obama's North Star speech in Selma--arguably the best of his presidency: http://m.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/03/07/remarks-president-50th-anniversary-selma-montgomery-marches …

[Jefferson23]

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

the very best man in our congress.

Remembering the battle at Selma
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/remembering-the-battle-at-selma/


Obama interview on CBS Sunday Morning video

http://www.cbsnews.com/sunday-morning/show-notes/

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46. kick

(Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Image)

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47. kick

Malia Obama and sister Sasha Obama as they leave a speech by their father President Barack Obama at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. Saturday, March 7, 2015.
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

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

forward to it.

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