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IrishAyes

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2. I remember the peaceful march
Sat May 17, 2014, 12:40 AM
May 2014

when black men walked quietly down the streets of some place like Birmingham, carrying signs that read, "I Am A Man". But most of all I remember the March on Selma; nonresistant to what Bull Connors' men did is widely thought to have marked the turning point of the Civil Rights movement. Most of America had tv then, and we were stunned and horrified about the police riot that took place that day.I saw that day change a lot of people, which of course the marchers intended. Not just to secure their own rights, but to shine a light for their ignorant opponents everywhere.

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