President and Mrs. Obama plan to take Malia, Sasha to Selma commemoration

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Pres. Obama to take daughters to Selma, remind them of "obligations" to fight for justice http://cbsn.ws/1DyQdnz


President Obama speaks during an event in the East Room of the White House with First Lady Michelle Obama on February 26, 2015


President and Mrs. Obama plan to take their teenage daughters Malia and Sasha with them next week to Selma, Alabama, "to remind them of their own obligations" to fight for justice, Mr. Obama announced Thursday...

"Next week, Michelle and I and the girls will be traveling to Selma to pay tribute, not just as a president or a first lady or as African-Americans, but as Americans for those who changed the course of history at the Independence Bridge," Mr. Obama said at the African-American History Month Reception at the White House.

"I know that when I take Malia and Sasha down with Michelle next week down to Selma, part of what I'm hoping to do is to remind them of their own obligations," he said. "Because there are going to be marches for them to march and struggles for them to fight, and if we've done our job then that next generation is going to be picking up the torch as well."

Mr. Obama also spotlighted Mattie Atkins, telling the story of her march around the Marion courthouse for their right to vote:

"Early in 1965, Mattie who was just 27 years old, a mother of five, joined with others in her community to march around the Marion courthouse for their right to vote," he said. "Intentions ran high, the threat of violence mounted, but at night the protestors would gather in the church and resolve to come back the next day... Next week, the world will turn its eyes to Selma again, and when it does I want everyone to remember that it was because of people like Ms. Atkins and all the others who are here today that we, that we celebrate."


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1. "..but as Americans for those who changed the course of history at the Independence Bridge." Good

on the Obamas. Thank you to Mattie Atkins and all those who were with her Marching in Selma and to all Americans who will be there to commemorate them.

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4. Surprise there is not that many comments on this

Good on the Obamas for teaching their girls not to forget about the struggle of this great nation.