Selma is America, and America can learn lessons from Selma, as Selma needed to learn lessons from America. The lesson of Selma is for all. Indivisible. We cannot segregate rights and expect any of us to long enjoy those rights. That, John, is the lesson I think you were teaching to the country, that Martin Luther King, Jr., was teaching to the country.
Reflecting on the lessons of Selma and their relevance to American values.
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