On the Bridge in Selma

Professor Spencer Overton writes about his experience marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with Mrs. Amelia Boynton Robinson, Congressman John Lewis, President Barack Obama, and many others to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Professor Overton, a voting rights expert, walked right behind President Obama and explains the day from that unique perspective. In his view, the event is a reminder of both the great progress the country has made and the many challenges left to face in voting, policing, opportunity, and race.