the South, he says “their endeavours gave the entire South the chance to rise
again, not by reasserting the past, but by transcending the past.” Finally he
concludes that “a more common mistake is to suggest that...the work that drew
man and women to Selma is now complete. This nation’s history still casts a long
shadow upon us.”
What is clear from this is that, for the American people, the significance of Selma
goes beyond the statistical success of voter registration, beyond simply another
achievement of the Civil Rights Movement, but instead a defining moment in
American history which came to signify the very essence of democracy.
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