Obama to Visit Selma on Bloody Sunday - Jennifer Epstein - POLITICO
By JENNIFER EPSTEIN 1/20/15 - POLITICO
US News • January 2015 • Views: 1,199
President Barack Obama will visit Selma, Alabama, in March to mark the 50th anniversary of civil rights demonstrators’ march across the state to Montgomery, the White House said Tuesday.
The trip is slated for March 7, an official said, and will “highlight the president and his administration’s overall efforts to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.”
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