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#Selma50: Whose history?

Posted on March 8, 2015 by David S. Meyer

The thousands of people who marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama this weekend would not be attacked by state troopers, nor face gas or police dogs. Fifty years makes for an auspicious anniversary. The brutal beatings that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, civil rights, Diane Nash, Ferguson, Freedom Rides, George W. Bush, John Lewis, Kevin McCarthy, Martin Luther King, Nashville, non-violence, Selma, SNCC, violence, Voting Rights Act | 7 Comments

Bloody Sunday and the uses of history

Posted on March 3, 2013 by David S. Meyer

History isn’t just telling stories about the past; for most of us, it’s about making sense of the present. Politicians, pundits, and activists invoke their understandings of the past to try to affect the future. This Friday, March 7, marks … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bloody Sunday, civil rights, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Eric Cantor, Frank Johnson, James Reeb, Jim Clark, Jimmie Lee Jackson, Joe Biden, John Lewis, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, SNCC, Supreme Court, Viola Liuzzo, Voting Rights Act | 2 Comments

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#Selma50: Whose history?

Bloody Sunday and the uses of history

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