but my focus was on Viet Nam, and of course, having babies and raising a family.

My parents weren't racist, just more or less ignorant of the struggles of black Americans, being recent European immigrants themselves.

I'm glad that God has stretched my years out on this planet long enough to enable me to learn something new every day.

My grandmother (Eastern European) used to say, "I don't know anything about those dark skinned people, but I want to cry for them. God made us all the same. Why are treated so poorly?" God Bless grannie!

And she obviously had an influence that went on far beyond her own lifetime.

She spoke up against the Nazis when it wasn't in her best interests. I wish I had appreciated her more when she was alive.
Thanks, my friend, for reminding me of her value.

it really brings home importance of the laws intended to prevent minorities and the poor from voting now. It is their new way of waging the Civil War.

since the movie is no longer showing, but I felt like I needed to share my enthusiasm of the film with anyone who has not yet seen it.

P.S. Did I say, Bring tissues. 😘

these days, and it's hard to believe that this film didn't get a 10 across the board.

I was disappointed in the take on LBJ since I had read books describing his positive stance on civil rights... but it did make me wonder... Really? You allowed this when you could have been much more proactive?

read this: http://time.com/3658593/selma-lbj-history/

It also explains why not everyone loved the movie...I prefer accurate history in films that purport to be historically based. Selma is an excellent movie, but could would have been better if they had stuck to facts.

and they clearly outlined his position on civil rights. I thought perhaps the film was trying to show that there was another side to the story. Thanks for the link; it does verify what I had read and heard. It's a shame that Johnson's legacy had to suffer in order to make MLK's more heroic. I'm sure neither of them would have wanted anything but factual history, which was more than interesting enough.

chooses to change history, mostly because so many people who see the movie won't do any more research about the topic and will assume that they know what happened. It's lazy history.

I went to see the movie when it came out in the theaters. I was very powerful and shocking. Even when I knew what was going to happen I was shocked when it happened. When the little girls were walking down the stairs of the church, I knew the bombing was coming, but when it actually happened I jumped. I also knew what happened on the Edmund Pettis Bridge, but when I that part of the movie played I was very moved.

It was a very well done movie. There was also very good acting.

and so very important.