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Recently, Lynsey Weatherspoon began making the annual trek to Selma, Alabama to participate in and document the events surrounding the anniversary of Bloody Sunday.  Many see Selma as the heartbeat of the Civil Rights Movement.  The March to Montgomery for voting rights first began on Edmund Pettus Bridge, March 7, 1965, but due to violent reactionary response by local and state police on this attempt and the second on March 9, was not finally completed until March 21.  The three marches garnered national attention and spurred President Johnson and Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act.

Lynsey writes: Read more...