FNN Goes to Selma For the 50th Anniversary
of the March That Changed History
First Person Stories by Reina Tindle, Michael Wood, Brionna Wiggins, Taila Bennett and Rydia Wright, FNN Tech Prep and Woodridge Bureaus. Photos by Michael Wood. Video by Brionna Wiggins.
April 23, 2015: On March 7, 2015, FNN reporters from Tech Prep and Woodridge went to Selma, Alabama to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge—an event that changed American history. It was amazing to experience history with thousands of other people from all over the world and to meet people who were actually there for the original march. It gave us all a new appreciation of the everyday people from Selma who risked their lives for our civil rights. To find out what we did, read our first person accounts here.
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In order to fully experience the aftermath of the civil rights movement, five students from FNN were chosen to travel to Selma, Alabama for the 50th anniversary of the march from Selma to Montgomery. I am happy to say that I was one of those five. On the day of the trip, we all met at the airport and introduced ourselves.