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Selma – A Review
Posted on: June 3, 2015
Martin Luther King Jr. plans for a peaceful march from Selma in Alabama to Montgomery to highlight the right denied to the African Americans. He meets with the President Lydon Johnson, but fails to convince the President to take action leading him to decide on the march.
He is also going through a crisis in his life. His wife is disillusioned with his long absences at home. He is unable to participate in the march. His followers start the march and the bunch of police offices under a white ruddy sheriff do not hesitate to beat and shoot the marchers and send them back. In the process a few of them are killed too.
King is forced to start the march the following day. He appeals to white clergy to join him and soon many white clergy and other white people join him on the march the following day. Seeing King in the front the police forces disperse. But King stops too and turns back, no wishing to risk another carnage. But one white clerygman is beaten to death by the whites opposed to granting of rights to the African Americans.
A few days later after speaking to the President again he starts the march and this time finishes it without any major incidents. They are taunted through the march, but they maintain peace and manage to reach Montgomery. The Governor of Alabama and the President are forced to take cognizance of this march and the President urges the congress to extend voting rights without any restrictions.
A very nicely presented movie. Has brought in a resolve in me to read more about Martin Luther King Jr. who was the pacifist face of the movement and Malcolm X who was the radical face of the movement.
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