Morris Dees delivers speech to marchers commemorating 50th anniversary of Selma-to-Montgomery March conclusion
Watch SPLC Founder Morris Dees speak to thousands of people who gathered at the Alabama Capitol after reenacting the final, triumphant day of the Selma-to-Montgomery March.
In a speech to thousands of people who traced the final two miles of the Selma-to-Montgomery March 50 years ago, SPLC Founder Morris Dees spoke of today’s civil rights challenges: new voter restrictions and racial gerrymandering, school re-segregation, LGBT rights, and the political resistance to extending Medicaid to low-income people in need.
In pointed remarks, Dees told Alabama’s legislature, governor and chief justice: “You’re on the wrong side of history.”
