Thousands gathered in Alabama on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the march on Selma. President Obama and Martin Luther King Jr’s descendants were among those attending.
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Discussing the continuous struggle for human rights, Obama noted:
Just this week, I was asked whether I thought the Department of Justice's Ferguson report shows that, with respect to race, little has changed in this country. I understand the question, for the report's narrative was woefully familiar. It evoked the kind of abuse and disregard for citizens that spawned the Civil Rights Movement. But I rejected the notion that nothing's changed. What happened in Ferguson may not be unique, but it's no longer endemic, or sanctioned by law and custom; and before the Civil Rights Movement, it most surely was.
Obama On 50th Anniversary Of Selma's Bloody Sunday: "Our March Is Not Yet Over"
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