50th will never happen again. we certainly had tremendous speakers. the first lady of these united states and the governor of our state, and so many others, our congresswoman, and so many other people spoke, and god shined a beautiful day on us. no doubt about it. [applause] i am told in the numbers the metal detectors that we went through, over 41,000 people went through those metal detectors yesterday. that is 41,000. that is an accurate count. and actually over 20,000 some people who just did not make it around, so over 60,000 some people in selma, alabama yesterday, which is accompanying all that is going on, and i t y all for being here. i just want to say again that

this movement that we are going now, and i'm coming to a close is that it did not just start here in selma, remember? it in birmingham with those four little girls, right? and then it moved on to marion where jimmie lee jackson was killed. and then it moved onto selma and then it moves onto montgomery so we celebrate all of that because that is the big picture of where we are today and what is going on. i salute all of those cities and those citizens who pay that price. i wanted to certainly give a shout out, i do not think he is here -- i saw secretary of hud mr. julian castro was here, and he and his administrative team have

done an outstanding job of working with us in terms of trying to find ways to improve this community and build neighborhood communities by finding grants and money to do that so i am elated about that. i am thankful for his presence he visited a lot of places in the city along with michael we've had some great is his, and that is all because of our congresswoman sewell. congresswoman sewell asked him to come as we try to find a difference in the city, and i thank you, congresswoman. and lastly i thank all of you for being here, thank you for coming to selma, and i hope you will come up again when we are not so crowded. [applause] come back and take advantage of

the city. i talked to attorney general holder and had a chance to meet his son. he is a basketball player. he is 6'4", and he plays best of all, so at a chance to meet him and talk to him. i want to invite all of you to come back again, please. come back when you are not so busy. come back and visit city streets, the historical moments ♪ monuments and buildings and structures andin selma. thank you very much, and i appreciate the opportunity. [applause] >> train up a child in the way she will go, and when she is older, she shall not depart. to all of those who are assembled here, welcome to the historic brown chapel ame church, my home church. [applause] i want to thank pastor strong for his visionary leadership and all that he has done for this great congregation, and i would

like all of the members of brown chapel who are with us today to stand so that you can see the wonderful congregation that has nurtured me. please stand. members of the historic brown travel ame church. [applause] we have a lot of visitors here today. well, do know that this is an amazing church, not only because of what it meant to the movement, but because the heart and soul of this church is the heart and soul of selma and it is without that i'm so honored to represent. i'm going to help us cut some time, so i am not going to talk long. i am going to say, though, it neverk , ever -- it is beyond my

thought that i know i stand here because of 50 years ago, people were not afraid to march. and it was with great admiration that i invited amelia boynton to be my guest at the state of the union this year. amelia boyton was 105 years old. she was the one in the movie who wore the cat glasses who told karen. king that she was repaired that she was the descendent of kings and queens that the blood that flowed through her veins survives. amelia boynton said it best. when president obama sat down to kiss her, he said to her mrs. boynton, i get to deliver a speech in a few minutes as the president of the united states of america, and it is all because of you. and she looked up at him, i am in tears, she looked up at him and she said "make it a good

one." [laughter] [applause] and so i simply say to all of us who are direct beneficiaries every cabinet member that is sitting here, every elected official throughout this nation, every state, local official throughout this nation, every citizen throughout this nation in order to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the selma to montgomery march, we owe it to those bush soldiers -- those foot sholdiers, to make it a duty that we make a good one. [applause] >> to the bishops of the church,

outstanding ministers from around the nation and the world to my friend and brother reverend al sharpton, who will deliver to us the morning message. we are indebted to you for your service. you grow, you grow, you grow. i do not want us to take for granted a couple of things. number one, it was not this long ago that we were marching for the right to vote, not long ago that we had lost 1000 jobs in one month. our banks collapsed, the bottom fell out. more americans today have health care, who would be dead if it were not for medication, ever before. [applause] now, brothers and sisters, do not take president barack obama

for granted. stand on your feet and express your cells. stand on your feet and express your cells. do not taken for granted. express yourself. for the jobs, for the justice on your feet. i mean, put your hands together like you really mean it. [applause] i was blessed to be here 50 years ago. sister lynch had been hit in the mouth, when out of the side door, and we saw the sheriff going down the other street. we got in the car and rushed down and said turn left, and there was an open door, and i jumped out of the car and ran a house, and a lady said somebody is in my house, and i said yes ma'am we are with dr. king, and she said are you sure, and we said yes, and she came downstairs trembling, and she

said can i trust y'all, and we said yes ma'am, and she said are you sure. we said yes. she said that when officials asked my boss do he know them, he lied, and i was washing rice, and i did not say nothing, and i could not say nothing, but when the man left, these guys followed him, and they came in with blood on their sticks, and we rushed over to mrs. boy nton's house where dr. king was in bed, and they had robert kennedy on the phone at that time, and they found the killer rather quickly because of making things happen. [applause] why that moment means so much to me to go by her house now and see her house condemned, i hope

some of that money is spent on making another historic site. it is where dr. king stated, it is where andy young state. right now, there are homes without running water -- today. there are homes right down there with boards rather than windowpanes today. with all of the glory of the promise of selma, 40% of the people in the county are in poverty. 62% of the children are in poverty. the governor, while he close and -- glows and basks in the sunshine yesterday, he takes money from the department of education and spend it on jails he rejects $9 billion in medicaid money while one million americans, one million alabamans are in poverty. those wolves who wear sheep's

clothing must be called out because our struggle is not over. my feelings have been altered now, that's i cannot -- thus i cannot celebrate. the rhythm was -- in slavery, he got out in 1870, he had the protected right to vote, the troops were there, the protected right to vote, the deal was cut, the troops left, then tierney came and the courts ruled. the rule since 1965 has been gutted, therefore without the oversight and protection, they are drawing lines of they made every southern state a confederate state again. they marginalize so that -- in the paper yesterday, it said the

blacks will vote more, powers wanes. that means apartheid results. there is a radical re- segregation taking place in our society today. a radical re-segregation, therefore as we fight that fight together. let me say quickly that there is something about this moment that is awesome in the sense that we are facing the radical explosion of wealth and poverty. poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. [applause] people who live in poverty and squalor cannot grow, they cannot be educated, and in this state 25% black pollock elation and 75 -- black population and 75% prison isolation come in small towns like ferguson, they are

making money off of prisoners, of people there who avoid going to jail. those who have been to jail now do prison labor, and the prisons are a profit system. more have lost the right to vote in the state than the difference between the election candidates for governor. we cannot look in the mirror. selma is in the mirror. selma is in the mirror. selma is in the mirror and it is bright because we want. shelby is in the windshield and it's dark. the supreme court law those congresspeople who came yesterday to be with president barack obama, they must go back and do their legislation of johnson and we had the demonstration led by the freedom riders.