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Selma Standoff - April 26 Sunday Service
- uuoffice2
- Apr 30
- 1 min read
The Selma, Alabama, Civil Rights Actions in 1965 were a watershed Unitarian event in American history. It had been named by Martin Luther King as a place to pursue voter's rights.
After the Rev. James Reeb was murdered there, several hundred Unitarian ministers descended on Selma. There was a 5-day non-violent Gandhian stand-off between the marchers and the police. That was followed by a 50 mile March to Montgomery, Alabama.
Reverend Fred, who was the Minister at the UU Silver Spring Maryland Congregation at the time, and a close buddy of James Reeb, was there for the stand-off and left just before the March.
Use the 44:59 timestamp in the description to jump to Reverend Fred's Sermon
It's super interesting to hear about Reverend Fred's firsthand experience in Selma. The amount of courage it took for all those ministers to just drop everything and stand in solidarity is honestly hard to calculate, but the ripple effect it had is undeniable.