Most shocking was the murder by a sniper of Viola Gregg Liuzzo, a Detroit civil rights worker and the mother of five children, who was driving back to Selma with a Negro boy. The Alabama countryside through which the march passed is beginning to show the bright promise of spring. And the human condition is likewise capable of renewal. The march was a memorable witness to justice and human dignity. Through it, constitutional rights have been reaffirmed and Alabama and the nation have again been confronted.
Great problems remain, but a new page of history has been turned.
When he wrote this, Frank E. Gaebelein was Co-Editor of Christianity Today. The Alabama Archives also has copies of news articles, photos, and even lesson plans and quizzes on the march. If you're ever near Selma, be sure to check out the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute . For more general information on Martin Luther King, Jr., be sure to visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University and the Seattle Times ' Martin Luther King Jr. site.