The visit to Selma was a chance for Biden to speak directly to the current generation of civil rights activists. Many
from the aftermath of a January EF-2 tornado that destroyed or damaged thousands of properties in and around Selma. The scars of that storm were still evident Sunday. Blocks from the stage where Biden spoke, houses sat crumbled or without roofs. Orange spray paint marked buildings beyond salvage with instructions to "tear down."
Before Biden's visit, the Rev. William Barber II, a co-chair of Poor People’s Campaign, and six other activiststo express their frustration with the lack of progress on voting rights legislation. They urged Washington politicians visiting Selma not to sully the memories of Lewis and Williams and other civil rights activists with empty platitudes.
Among those sharing the stage with Biden before the march across the bridge were Barber, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King III and the Rev. Al Sharpton. On the bridge crossing, marchers sang "This Little Light of Mine" and "We Shall Overcome" and, following tradition, once they reached the point where Lewis and others were told in 1958 that they were on an unlawful march, they stopped and prayed.
Delores Gresham, 65, a retired health care worker from Birmingham, arrived four hours early, grabbing a front-row spot so her grandchildren could hear the president and see the commemoration.In his remarks, Biden said, "Everyone should know the truth of Selma." And the president took a veiled dig at a high-profile Republican,when he said: "We should learn everything. The good, the bad, the truth, who we are as a nation.
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