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Stephen Somerstein was a 24-year-old New York college student when he photographed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery, Alabama march, capturing images of the historic event that changed the course of civil rights in the United States. Tara Cleary reports.
Gospel music rings out in an iconic Alabama chapel, where Attorney General Eric Holder tells worshipers equality is "still a prize" on 50th Selma anniversary. Gavino Garay reports.
The choir at the iconic Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma rallies spirits ahead of service to mark the 50th anniversary of the march that sparked the Voting Rights Act. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
U.S. President Barack Obama calls on Americans to carry forward the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement during the 50th anniversary of a march that sparked the Voting Rights Act. Gavino Garay reports.
U.S. Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia and one of the original marchers on Selma, introduces President Barack Obama during the 50th anniversary of the march that sparked the Voting Rights Act. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).