Hundreds march across Brooklyn Bridge for Selma anniversary
Some 500 New Yorkers took to the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, March 7, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Selma marches.
Together with local elected officials and community leaders, marchers made their way across the bridge to Borough Hall where Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams – the organizer of the event — hosted a screening of President Barack Obama’s speech to the nation from Selma, Alabama.
“We call on all New Yorkers who believe in civil rights and racial equality to join us in support of the Selma marchers of 1965,” said civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, who organized the march with Adams. “In the struggle for racial justice, Selma was a great turning point. Let us remember and let it be our guide in fulfilling the dream of equality for all.”