80,000 people crossing Edmund Pettus Bridge this afternoon

[bigtree]

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Margaret ?@Margaretherapy
"@AriBerman: 80,000 people crossing Edmund Pettus Bridge this afternoon #Selma50 via @Selma_Times




FL Democratic Party ?@FlaDems 4h4 hours ago
#MarchOn RT @AlexSanz: A panoramic view of Selma, Alabama. #Selma50




ATLRaiseUp ?@ATLRaiseUp 3h3 hours ago
Sacred ground in the struggle for civil rights.

[CTyankee]

1. What incredible pictures! OMG, what an incredible outpouring!

I know now there is a hunger in this country for a spiritual renewal of human rights. Folks are so sick of business as usual. They want renewal and spiritual hope for a better tomorrow.

[KMOD]

3. Yes, it's a beautiful thing to see.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

2. Wonder how many are American Taliban TeaParTY

[CTyankee]

4. thank god they were all human beings, not tea partiers...human scum...

[lastlib]

9. you could probably count 'em on the fingers of no hands.....

(maybe even on the fingers of one hand if you lost all the digits on that hand in an industrial accident.......)

[OneCrazyDiamond]

23. W was there...

[BumRushDaShow]

5. K&R

And the weather was sunny and mild.

Thanks to all those who made that journey across the bridge to honor the legacy of 50 years ago and represent those of us who could not be there.

[greatlaurel]

10. Great post, a huge thank you goes to those who attended for those of us who were there in spirit.

There was a really a tremendous turnout.

[uponit7771]

6. +1

[democrank]

7. Breathtakingly beautiful....

[mcar]

8. Wonderful crowd

This weekend commemoration was so well done. I will never forgot Rep. Lewis and President Obama's speeches. They were stirring.

[greatlaurel]

11. Thank you for this post and sharing the pictures.

Wonderful event.

[Historic NY]

12. Wow...

the freepers and GOP troll battalion is whining about it and the gold medals they some how think they its the Medals of Honor...

80k they need to STFU.

[Spazito]

13. Beautiful, very moving...

Thank you for posting these.

[rurallib]

14. got to wonder where they parked cars and all the other logistics for a crowd like that

in a town the size of Selma?
Did they have any idea that many would show up?
Woweee!

[JDPriestly]

15. That just makes me cry. Personal reasons. Just makes me cry for joy.

[Oilwellian]

16. I love the first photo

So very awesome.

K&R

[oldandhappy]

17. An amazing sight.

Thank you, lots and lots. Appreciate seeing these photos.

[allan01]

18. and ths needs ( the march) needs to keep hapening to remind some ppl that liberty is precious

[question everything]

19. Wish they change the name of the bridge

even though, of course, it is now associated with important events.

Just found out that in 1877, Pettus was named Grand Dragon of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan..

Beautiful pictures, still.

[bigtree]

21. there's a satisfying irony, tho

...in the intention of those who named the bridge and the eventual association with civil rights.

[YOHABLO]

25. Yes I heard about that and hope a name change would be appropriate. MLK Bridge !

Alabama will put up a fight no doubt. They always do. They're still waving the Confederate Flag in so many ways.

[johnnyreb]

20. I friggin' love people power.

Huge congratulations and respect to my black countrymen for so capably bending the arc of the moral universe.

[awoke_in_2003]

22. great pics. nt

[steve2470]

24. kick and rec! nt

[Iwillnevergiveup]

26. Remembrance and respect

captured.

[heaven05]

27. and 50 years from now

we'll probably still be marching for voting and civil rights. Nice event but to still be marching to show ones discontent with 'rulers' that make the laws concerning and impacting ones everyday existence, you know, executions in the street of unarmed POC, women's rights under attack, prisons for profit overwhelmingly filled with POC, voter ID laws in every republican state and this 50 years from the first event at this bridge is a prime example of american hypocrisy. It's how the one percent can keep us divided by still having to do something like this and have the racist pigs that make up the base of the RW and their media scream about the POTUS talking about the need for the ELIMINATION of voter ID laws that STILL restrict voting in our 'exceptional' democracy. What fucking hypocrisy and lies america is built and maintained upon......