The Bridge They Crossed Twice
On March 7, 1965, six hundred marchers set out from Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama, heading east toward Montgomery to demand the right...
This is a contemporary on perseverance and justice, drawing on Hebrews 12:1-2.
On March 7, 1965, six hundred marchers set out from Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama, heading east toward Montgomery to demand the right to vote. John Lewis and Hosea Williams led the column. When they crested the Edmund Pettus Bridge, they saw what waited on the other side — a wall of Alabama state troopers in gas masks, sheriff's deputies on horseback.…
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