federal troops left selma april 9 1865, was the same day general lee surrendered to grant at apmatic so selma was rendered to a footnote at the end of the war but had the loss of selma occurred six months or a year earlier, without a doubt the war would have ended sooner. >> from selma, alabama. they told us we wouldn't get here. there were those who said we would get here only over their dead bodies. well, all the world today knows that we are here and we are standing before the forces of power in the state of alabama saying we ain't gonna let nobody turn us around. >> we continue our feature on selma with a visit to the church martin luther king used as a gathering place leading up to the civil rights march. >> huge responsibility to appreciate and value the past, the contributions, the people who made those made those contributions to not take any of that for granted but it also means that i have to connect that to the present in a way that allows a transition of that vision those values, into the present moment and serve as a trustee or a steward of all of the sacrifices, the contribution