2009 Official Alabama Vacation Guide - (Page 7) Alabama OUR HISTORY RUNS DEEP—FROM THE RIVERS OF THE MOUNTAINS REGION TO THE GREAT GULF OF MEXICO. In speeches about how America has changed since the Civil Rights era, President Barack Obama often mentions the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where voting rights activists were attacked while trying to march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. He spoke at the historic Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church during the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee on March 4, 2007. w w w. a l a b a m a . t r a v e l 7 http://www.alabama.travel
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