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March to
Washington
begins
with
civil
rights
rally in
Selma
By
Associated
Press
SELMA,
ALA -
Protest
marches
have
been
part of
Selma's
civil
rights
fabric
since
1965,
but an
860-mile
trek to
Washington
had a
minister
leaning
on the
Bible
for
heavenly
support
Saturday.
The Rev.
Theresa
Dear
noted
the
magnitude
of what
lies
ahead,
but
never
doubted
that the
"40-day-and-40-night"
march
will be
successful.
Dear
told the
Montgomery
Advertiser
(
http://on.mgmadv.com/1KI1EQp
) just
before
the
march
began at
the
Edmund
Pettus
Bridge,
"We are
doing
something
of
biblical
proportions."
Sponsored
by the
NAACP,
"America's
Journey
for
Justice"
is
scheduled
to
extend
through
eastern
seaboard
states
before
ending
in
Washington,
D.C., on
Sept.
15.
More
than 200
supporters
took
part in
the
first
leg of a
march
that
will be
about 16
times
the
54-mile
distance
covered
by
voting
rights
activists
in 1965. |
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