A crowd of some 40,000 people watched as Mr Obama and his family led a symbolic walk across part of the bridge, accompanied by those who had made the march in 1965.
Selma changed the course of history, as the BBC’s Aleem Maqbool reports
US President Barack Obama has marked the 50th anniversary of the Selma civil rights march in Alabama by paying tribute to the “heroes” who took part.
He delivered a speech commemorating “Bloody Sunday” on 7 March 1965, when security forces attacked black demonstrators in the city.
Mr Obama said the marchers, who were campaigning for equal voting rights, had “given courage to millions”.
His wife Michelle and about 100 members of Congress also attended the event.
“Because of what they did, the doors of opportunity swung open not just for African-Americans, but for every American,” he said, standing in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge where the violence took place.
A crowd of some 40,000 people watched as Mr Obama and his family led a symbolic walk across part of the bridge, accompanied by those who had made the march in 1965.
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United states of America, President Barrack Hussain Obama and his family are true Heroes for their country.By the inclusion in the parade,they tried to walk in the shoes of the participants of prade 50 years ago.
Can Pakistani President Mumnoon Hussain can do that to raise the morale of Shia community?.Do they have the courage to follow this good example to show the solidarity with the discriminated shia and other minorities in Pakistan.
The daughter of Promised Messiah Hadhrat Nawab Mubarka (ra) said in a poem in Durray Aden:
Lubay Khamosh key Khater He woh boltaa Hayh.
Jub nahee boltaa bundah tuo Khudaa bolta Hayah.
The God (Creator) speaks for the sake of silenced or tight lips.
When human being does not speak, then God(Creator) SPEAKS.
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Silence doesn’t always mean “Yes”. Sometimes it means, “I’m tired of explaining to people who don’t even care to understand.”
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