Selma will not forget. President obama reflecting on that days events in selma, alabama. We want to start with your thoughts on Race Relations in america. By the way, events continued today in selma, alabama on cspan 3. Our phone lines are open with your comments. 202 is the area code. 202 7488000, democrats. 202 7488001, republicans. 202 7458002 independents. You can also send us a tweet cspanwj. Or send us an email journal cspan. Org. It is 7 00, daylight savings time as we move our clocks ahead one hour. The president s speech, as he honors the courage of americans the 50th anniversary of the margin in selma, alabama. Then your times the New York Times has a speecn article. On one side of the side was the protesters who knew they could end the day as martyrs, on the other side, Alabama State troopers, eager to play the role assigned to them by history. Many of the moments of National Reckoning have been accept lease brutality or failures of the criminal justice system. 50 years on, the violent images still have bit capacity to have the capacity to shock and shame. That from the bbc this morning. The president speaking about 1965, africanamericans and their right to vote. [video clip] president obama they solve the idea mi manifest itself here and america because of campaigns like this. The Voting Rights act was passed. Political, economic, and social barriers came down. The chains that these men and women brought our evidence today. Africanamericans serve from small towns to big cities. Host the comments of the president yesterday. By the way, the full speech is available on our website cspan. Org. We want to hear from you on how Race Relations have changed since selma alabama. 202 7488000 is our line for democrats. 202 7488001 four republicans. Here is a headline from then your times. Here is some background about the Edmund Pettus bridge. It was built back in 1940. It was named for Edmund Pettis a brigadier general, he also served in the senate, he was also part of the alabama kkk. On lines are open. 202 7488000, democrats. 202 7488001, republicans. We will hear first from sheridan from columbus, ohio. Good morning. Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. Host thank you for calling in. Caller first of all, let me say, anderson, indiana is still the Northern Capital of the ku klux klan. I dont know if you knew that. Number two, when i graduate from school in the 40s, we had a black Vice President , who later became an attorney. But, we are still in the situation, steve and justice of the Supreme Court once said, the mind of the big ot is like the people of an eye, the more light you shine on it, the smaller it gets. I totally agree with that. Either way, you and peter are my favorite guys on cspan. I really appreciate cspan. Have a wonderful day, steve. Host from the Montgomery Alabama advertiser, this is the headline the past and the present collide in the middle of president speech. Connelly is next from the bronx, new york. Race relations, 50 years after selma, what is your assessment . Caller im actually well, it doesnt matter if im independent or democrat. My comment is Race Relations in america is kind of the second story as to why we are not getting along in this country. I think that religion, being something that all of our leaders have to double down on, you know, the president saying god bless america. Its really what is dividing us as a country. We should be a nation of scientists people who honor the tradition of learning and education. Once you throw god into that god mean Something Different to everyone. It is not a unit of measurement. That is something that divides us. If we were all more, sort of into education, and honoring that, the religion that people would study and follow would be that much smarter. People would be that much more educated about the god they believe in. You wouldnt have so many uneducated educated people using got in the wrong way. Host thank you for the call. The bronx, new york. The front page of in your times a photograph of the president joined with first Lady Michelle obama, john lewis, along with the president s mother in law and two daughters. Also attending yesterdays ceremony, former president george w. Bush and laura bush. All of these former president s were invited. James from florida. Good morning. Caller i tried getting through all day yesterday. It was frustrating. Im glad i finally got through. Its rough watching this, to hear some of the things. I just noticed that when black people call the show, they just dont realize i mean, they dont see the hate within themselves. I guess they think it is righteous anger. I want to go back and to go back into history. Of course, the guy talking about religion. The Abolition Movement was a christian movement. It did not start in islam the air was the first to encounter the black race and enslave them. It is interesting that Barack Obamas own name is an arabic name. He is a descendent of muslim slave masters. I get a kick out of that. Yet, he has a great affinity for his slave ancestors. If white people had a burden in their heart to elevate people different from them, and yet, nice guys finish last. The nicer we are, the more we are hated. The interesting thing, to me, is the foundation that allowed Martin Luther king to preach and march. In most countries, people would have never tolerated that. In most countries, one racial group dominates. They basically will murder or destroy anybody that tries to do that, whether it is syria nigeria, sudan kenya. Everywhere in the world where there is diversity, there is conflict, tension, bloodshed. The other thing is 85 of interracial crime per year is black on white. For every trayvon martin, there are probably 100 whites. A lot of black people have been calling, saying there will be some kind of racial civil war. I dont think i will ever happen. I know the nature of my fellow whites. I know whites from Chris Matthews to bill clinton, they will never do anything as a white male. They will stick a knife in my back, it which is what they have been doing, to maintain my power. Im just getting a little bit sick of the divers the as strength bumper sticker. Look at where the white liberal lives. Theres an old saying that a modernday liberal education gives white people the right attitude about minorities and the means to live as far away from them as possible. Your average white liberal wants to live as far as way as possible from black people. They flee whenever they can to a white utopia. Host there is also this front joe that says, dont we need to look at the over militarization of local Police Departments since 9 11. The caller made a point about Race Relations. Theres a story this morning from a newspaper on Madison Wisconsin where another black teenager was shot by a white Police Officer. The Police Department calling on protesters to show restraint. The Massive Police chief saying, in light of so many things that have happened, it is understandable that the reaction at the scene is extremely emotional and upsetting. One of the Madison Police officers followed a teenager, identified as 19yearold tony robinson, after receiving reports that a man was jumping in traffic. The Police Officer followed the man to his apartment, and forced himself in, they say that then robinson assaulted the Police Officer, wendy Police Officer drew his revolver and shot robinson more than once. Back to your calls on Race Relations in america. 50 years after selma. Here in washington dc, william. Republican line. Caller i would like to make two points. First of all, black people will never again equality in america until they gain reparations. The second part is john lewis. John lewis is an example of black Peoples Democratic in equity. Hes been there for 30 years. Someone else needs to come in and take that job. Host william from washington dc. By the way, if you get through turn the volume down, it will eliminate the echo. Show you some photos from bloody sunday, also some film. By the way, we will have live Coverage Today i was ceremony taking place in selma, alabama getting underway at 11 45 a. M. The program will reair at 8 00 eastern time. Of course, all of our coverage available anytime at cspan. Org. Brian from Salt Lake City, utah. Independent line. Caller good morning. I sort of want to go back to 2004. There was this great man who came out and spoke at the democratic convention. I thought, this is a great guy i should vote for him. Then, i started learning where he came from. Frank marshall davis. His grandfather wanted this guy was on the communist list. He went to school in indonesia studying the koran, then he goes to that damn reverend in chicago. He went to that church for 17 years. He just reached hate. You know. Look at his background. President obamas background. Thats where it comes. Im sorry. The guy hates america, is the way i look at it. Host brian from Salt Lake City utah. We will go next to richard from royal oak, maryland. We are getting your comments on Race Relations 50 years after selma. Good morning. Caller good morning. I had a comment ill tell you, the racism in this country we need to teach younger kids that people are people. We come in a lot of different colors, shapes and sizes. But if you dont break them up bring them up, they will be troublemakers. If we dont start them young and educate them to treat people as people, and avoid ones that are problems, its going to take a longer time. Host lets go next to scott from new york. Independent line. Good morning. Caller yes, good morning. I have a Public Access show called humans weekly. That gentleman hit the now on the head. I would like to speak first about yesterday, i heard president obama. Yes, the human spirit we need to all vote. The humans out here in the country, if we would all get together, we would solve some of these problems. Its not white or black. Its more green. Has and has not haves and havenots. God put us on this earth. The test is that we have to get along with others on this earth so that we can go to heaven. Except each other for the colors they are. Correct, there is injustice to every race out there. Not just the black or white race. Again, thank you. I would really like to tell you guys that i like you guys. Ive been calling for about 15 years now. Scott, the human race, the human party. Have a good sunday. Host this is the story this morning inside in your times. Kerry facing challenges on the Iranian Nuclear deal. Here are some details from Michael Gordon as john kerry wraps up a week in paris of diplomacy. Striking an initial accord with imran. Also getting a lot of attention must we, the speech by benjamin netanyahu, that is also on her website. Good morning. Caller good morning. Im listening to what is going on in the background, and i want to make this clear. I have been reading everything i can. Ive been a lifelong democrat, and i changed parties because of barack obama. I have never seen such a polarization in my life in this country. I disagree with a gentleman caller before that says we do not need god in his country at all. I think more than other come more than ever, we need to Pay Attention to what is happening. In the book of isaiah, 9. 10, we need to listen to that. We have excluded god from everything and we need to look at whats happened to us. As far as the cron goes, people need to Pay Attention to what the koran teaches. The koran teaches that they are supposed to have World Domination and that we are p awns in the chess game. Thats what its all about. They want people to submit and take control. If they dont take control, they will rate, steel. They are told to do that. Im not a hater. Im a great believer in love and peace. I do believe that our president is dividing us as a nation. I do believe that we should not make any any, agreement with iran. Host thank you very much for the call. Another poll they came out this week on Race Relations. We will share that with you in just a moment. If youre just tuning in we are asking about Race Relations, 50 years after bloody sunday and in selma, alabama. More from the speech yesterday from the president. [video clip] present obama when americans cross this bridge, they were not physically imposing, but they gave courage to millions. They had no of office, but they lead a nation. They marched as americans who had entered hundreds of years of brutal violence. Countless daily they did not seek special treatment, equal treatment promised to us a century before. What they did here will reverberate through the ages. Not because the change they wanted was preordained. Not because their victory was complete. But because they proved that nonviolent change is possible. That love and hope can conquer hate. Host the comments of the president yesterday in selma alabama. Joined by former president george w. Bush and his family who traveled down on air force one for the ceremony. Again, live coverage of the ceremony today taking place at one of the Historic Churches in selma, alabama on our companion network, cspan 3, American History tv g. Mike from georgia. Good morning. Caller im chipping out this morning. What im doing is recording cspan. Im innocent back with serial, or whatever, and listen to these crazy racist conservatives calling in on sunday morning telling us how they are christian and the first thing they do is pay on black people. That white woman just a minute ago, was a great example. The people in crisis are fighting against the president. Its laughable. Anyway, this is a great sunday. I love the president s speech. Like i said, im sitting back and enjoying the show. Host enjoy the show and enjoy your serial. Cereal. We will go next to john. Good morning. Caller good morning, steve. Im not prejudiced. I grew up in a black neighborhood. Im white. We had only three white kids in my neighborhood. The crime was just abhorrent. After college i moved to a white neighborhood. We dont have any crime out here. I just think that blacks need to take a little bit more responsibility for themselves and their families. That would help out Race Relations. Thanks. Host cawley camp a hero, this is one of the photographs from the New York Times as the president embraces one of the iconic figures of the civil rights era, john lewis of georgia. Next is joseph from wyoming. Independent line. Caller good morning. I just called to say that the young lady who is beginning early or, excuse me the young man from york. I believe he was right in saying that humans need to come together as a race. However, i believe that because of the racial divide we have in this country right now and that has existed for hundreds of years, it will be very difficult for that to happen. In regards to barack being the president , just him being the president and a black man in the United States, the first black president , it is very hard for whites to overcome that. In general. Ive also been a person that has been profiled by the police. I just find it incomprehensible for a white male to understand what a blackmail goes through in his life. Just being a blackmail. Black male. Host did you have a chance to read the Justice Department report on Race Relations . Caller no, i have not. The only thing i have to go off of is the news report right now. Host is available on our website, by the way. It is about 100 pages. Of course, we covered the News Conference from outgoing attorney general, eric holder. Thank you very much for the call. This is from our twitter page, thanks be to god for mlk. Of course, his son will be in attendance at the ceremony in selma, alabama. From then york times sunday magazine, this is the cover story as u. S. Troops to bar afghanistans most Crucial Leaders are not the generals or the politicians, they are the police cheese, charged with battling insurgents and building a civil society. From politico, justice in america. From time magazine, the bush identity. Jeb bush in iowa this last friday. Next week week, he will be traveling to new hampshire. We will be live each day with some of the republican likely candidates. Democrats line. Whats your take on Race Relations 50 years later . Caller Race Relations 50 years later. We still have a long way to go. The fact of the matter is there are a lot of good white people out there. Theres a lot of good people out there. The problem is theres a lot of bad people out there that make the good ones look. In terms of our progress, legally, we have to continue to fight. Fight for the rights of people in this country, whether you are black, white, mexican. We have to see ourselves as american and not see ourselves as individual races. Once you get over that hurdle, then we can start to build better relationships. Host thank you. Carol has this point, when all else fails the race card is played, it is