Thursday, January 29, 2015

PODCAST - MAPLEWOOD SELMA MARCH VETERAN JOSEPH FORD

Maplewood's own Selma veteran, Joseph Ford, spoke with us about his civil rights efforts that led to the famous march, now the basis for an Oscar-nominated film.

Ford discussed how he got into the civil rights fight, what it was like to be at the Edmund Pettus Bridge for the bloody Sunday battle in 1965, and his other work for equality.

Listen below:

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