Political Quotes

“I rise in observance of the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the annual Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage through Alabama, which will take place this weekend in Birmingham, Montgomery, and my hometown of Selma, Alabama. Beginning this Friday, March 6, we in Alabama will once again welcome Members of Congress and dignitaries from across the Nation to lay eyes on the faces and places of the civil rights and voting rights movement. Hosted by the Faith and Politics Institute, we will retrace the footsteps of civil rights giants and pay homage to the sacrifices made in the name of equality and justice for all. Our pilgrimage will begin in Birmingham, where we will pay tribute to the four little girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. Together, we will reflect on the legacy of visionary Birmingham leaders like Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, who led the fight against segregation alongside Dr. King. We will then travel to Montgomery, Alabama--home to Rosa Parks, the Freedom Rides Museum, and the Equal Justice Initiative--where ordinary citizens took a bold stand against injustice. We will conclude our pilgrimage by crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in my hometown of Selma. We will commemorate the events of Bloody Sunday.”