A police officer takes a photo after thousands of people made a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Sunday, March 8, 2015, in Selma, Ala. The weekend marked the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday,' a civil rights march in which protestors were beaten, trampled and tear-gassed by police at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, in Selma. March
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back Since Selma And Vietnam
It’s been 50 years since the march on Selma and U.S. Marines landing in South Vietnam. Yet little has changed, as domestic issues take a backseat to American-led wars being fought farther and farther from our shores.