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President Obama is slated to speak in Selma on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the violent civil rights march that came to be known as "Bloody Sunday". Reuters' Kia Johnson recently met some of those who took part.
President Obama is slated to speak in Selma on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the violent civil rights march that came to be known as "Bloody Sunday". Reuters' Kia Johnson recently met some of those who took part.
President Obama is slated to speak in Selma on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the violent civil rights march that came to be known as "Bloody Sunday". Reuters' Kia Johnson recently met some of those who took part.
"Before we could turn to run, it was too late. They came in from both sides, the back and the front and they were just beating people," - Joanne Bland remembers "Bloody Sunday". Display (no reporter narration)
Global immunisation efforts have saved at least 154 million lives in the past 50 years, according to a World Health Organization study -- the equivalent of six lives saved "every minute", declares WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a press statement in Geneva. SOUNDBITE