3/9/2015 Group Watch: Principal Perspective
by Allen Sanderson
Fifty years ago, the Civil Rights struggle in America came to a head with the first attempted Selma-to-Montgomery march. It ended in violence as peaceful marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge were beaten back by state troopers, earning the event the name “Bloody Sunday.” As thousands came to Selma this past weekend to celebrate the march’s 50th anniversary, state troopers were there again, this time handing out water, assisting marchers however they could and showing how far we’ve come.
