1975年,馬丁·路德·金的遺孀科雷塔•斯科特•金(中)和約翰·劉易斯走過埃德蒙·佩特斯大橋,紀念發生在1965年3月7日的「血腥星期日」事件。在那次事件中,劉易斯和其他和平示威者遭到警察毆打。(Anonymous/AP Images)
In 1975, Coretta Scott King (center), widow of Martin Luther King Jr., and John Lewis, cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate March 7, 1965, known as 「Bloody Sunday」 because police beat Lewis and other peaceful protesters. (Anonymous/AP Images)
約翰·劉易斯(圖右雙手抱胸者) 。1965年2月3日攝於阿拉巴馬州塞爾瑪晚間遊行前。(© AP Images)
John Lewis (right, arms folded) before a twilight march in Selma, Alabama, on February 23, 1965 (© AP Images)
#北京美國中心活動# 為紀念#黑人歷史月#,美國駐華大使館昨晚在北京美國中心放映了電影《塞爾瑪》。這個讓人難忘的真實故事發生在1965年動蕩不安的三個月間。面對暴力鎮壓,馬丁·路德·金博士領導了極具風險的爭取平等投票權的運動。從塞爾瑪到蒙哥馬利史詩般的大遊行最終以詹森總統籤署1965年《投票權法案》收尾,該法案是民權運動最重要的成就之一。艾娃·杜威納導演執導的電影《塞爾瑪》講述了備受尊敬並且頗具遠見的民權運動領袖馬丁·路德·金博士以及和他一起投身民權運動的廣大兄弟姐妹如何推動永遠改變了歷史的變革。
#Beijing American Center Event# Last night, the Beijing American Center screened the movie Selma in honor of Black History Month. The unforgettable true story chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay's "Selma" tells the story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history.