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Savery Library has partnered with the public libraries in Talladega County to share resources and expand services. With a current student ID, students can now get cards at the public libraries in Childersburg, Lincoln, Munford, Talladega, and Sylacauga. This will allow access to these libraries' resources, including books and online databases, to supplement the resources offered at Savery. Please take advantage of it.
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There is no record of the events of March 7, 1965, in the Talladegan newsletter. There was no follow-up story regarding the demonstrations that took place on the march from Selma to Montgomery that year that led to the passing of the Civil Rights Voting Act. Partly, this is because the newsletter was full of stories about the inauguration of our ninth President Herman H. Long, who, although he had been serving in his position since January 1, 1964, was not inaugurated until March 28th, 1965. But also it is because history comes later, and as a current event "Bloody Sunday" was just one of many terrible stories in the news in 1965.
This past Sunday, Talladega students, along with students and groups from across the state and the country, came together to retrace the path made by student protestors 60 years ago. Protesters in 1965 wanted free and open elections. The groups that marched this past weekend were there not only to pay homage to those who came before them but also to remind us all that democracy is a fragile thing and the fight for civil rights is on-going.
One student who was attacked and hospitalized during the so-called "Bloody Sunday" demonstration grew up to become Congressman John Lewis. When it became evident to Lewis he was dying in 2019, he hand-selected the person he wanted to become his successor. That woman was Nikema Williams, Talladega College class of 2000. Williams also returned to Selma to pay her respects to her mentor this past weekend.
As Talladega College students commemorated the 60th anniversary of the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with their own march, it is important to remember, wherever you look in civil right history, Talladega College is there.
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