Road to the VRA: 60 years ago today, more than 4000 attend funerals for Jimmie Lee Jackson first in Selma and then in his hometown of Marion. After the Marion service, more than 1000 then walk three miles in rain from the church to his burial place. - ThreadSky

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mcpli.bsky.social • 19 hours ago

Road to the VRA:

60 years ago today, more than 4000 attend funerals for Jimmie Lee Jackson first in Selma and then in his hometown of Marion.

After the Marion service, more than 1000 then walk three miles in rain from the church to his burial place.

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malloy64.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Thank you so much for doing this. You are shining a light on the heroes.

frogviolet.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Numbers like this give people hope. That's extraordinary.

mcpli.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Dr. King preaches at the Marion funeral, telling the gathered congregation, “Jimmie Lee Jackson is speaking to us from the casket, and he is saying to us that we must substitute courage for caution.”

mcpli.bsky.social•19 hours ago

That night, James Bevel announces that a 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery would start four days later on Sunday, March 7.

“We are going to see the Governor,” he says.

mcpli.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Meanwhile, in Washington, the Senate Rules Committee decides against changes to the filibuster after being told by southern Senators that a filibuster of any voting rights legislation was unlikely.

But the NYT says that southern position could change if state and local elections also are covered.

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