Hillary Clinton: Election Reform, Speaking about 42nd Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Hillary at Selma Talking About Civil Rights

March 4, 2007

CIVIL RIGHTS: On the 42nd Anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma

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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. And I want to begin by giving praise to the Almighty for the blessings he has bestowed upon us as a congregation, as a people, and as a nation. and I thank you so much, Reverend Armstrong, for welcoming me to this historic church.

And I thank the First Baptist Church family for opening your hearts and your home to me and to so many visitors today. I have to confess that I did seek dispensation from Reverend Armstrong to come because you know, I'm a Methodist. And I'm in one of those mixed marriages. And my husband, who sends greetings to all of you today, felt it necessary to call the Reverend to make sure that was all right. And thank you, reverend, for being so broad-minded and understanding.

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Hillary Clinton Goes to Alabama For Civil Rights Gathering

March 4, 2007, 9:32 am

Obama and Clinton in Selma

By Jeff Zeleny

SELMA, Ala. – The center of the political universe – the clichéd locale that often pivots between Iowa and New Hampshire during a presidential race – can be found here today along a three-block stretch of Martin Luther King Jr. Street.

Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, who often avoid crossing paths, will be practically within earshot of each other as they deliver speeches at neighboring churches. And they are expected to be seen together as they march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, reenacting a defining moment of the civil rights movement.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton Speaks at Human Rights Campaign Board Meeting

Bill and Hillary Clinton Go to Alabama

Bill Clinton to join wife in Alabama
2007/3

By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer 28 minutes ago

NEW YORK - In competition for a key Democratic voting bloc, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is enlisting the help of her husband, former President Clinton , , , ).

But late Thursday, the Clinton campaign announced that the former president would join his wife in a symbolic march across the Edmund Pettus bridge, where civil rights workers were beaten by state troopers in 1965. Obama also will participate in the march, along with civil rights activists and others.

Bill Clinton also will be inducted that day in the National Voting Rights Hall of Fame — another high-profile opportunity for the Clintons to grab the spotlight from the charismatic Obama.

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