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More than 200 members of the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club rode up civil
rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965..
Ride drew motorcyclists from as far away as Hawaii.
State Rep. Thad McClammy, D-Montgomery, who addressed the large crowd
of riders and supporters, noted that the number "44" was significant for the
occasion.
The march to address voting rights issues ended 44 years ago, on March 25,
1965, and Barack Obama took the oath of office this year to become America's
44th president.
McClammy also said that he and state Rep. John Knight, D-Montgomery, who
also attended the event, now hold important legislative positions, including
one that deals with appropriations to fund the state Department of Public
Safety.
The department which turned back the first attempt by black activists to march
to Montgomery to seek an easing of voting rights barriers now has to come
before black lawmakers for continued funding, McClammy said.
The motorcycle riders drove across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma
Saturday morning and then stopped at the Lowndes County Interpretive
Center before arriving in Montgomery to end their event.
The motorcycle club honors the memory of black soldiers who fought during
the Indian wars in the late 1800s.
--Alvin Benn--
rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965..
Ride drew motorcyclists from as far away as Hawaii.
State Rep. Thad McClammy, D-Montgomery, who addressed the large crowd
of riders and supporters, noted that the number "44" was significant for the
occasion.
The march to address voting rights issues ended 44 years ago, on March 25,
1965, and Barack Obama took the oath of office this year to become America's
44th president.
McClammy also said that he and state Rep. John Knight, D-Montgomery, who
also attended the event, now hold important legislative positions, including
one that deals with appropriations to fund the state Department of Public
Safety.
The department which turned back the first attempt by black activists to march
to Montgomery to seek an easing of voting rights barriers now has to come
before black lawmakers for continued funding, McClammy said.
The motorcycle riders drove across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma
Saturday morning and then stopped at the Lowndes County Interpretive
Center before arriving in Montgomery to end their event.
The motorcycle club honors the memory of black soldiers who fought during
the Indian wars in the late 1800s.
--Alvin Benn--
Buffalo Soldiers mark anniversary of Selma to Montgomery march
