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In March 1988 Jesse Jackson was running for the Democratic presidential nomination, and said,
"We the people cannot move forward by looking backward," he said. "We must forgive each other, redeem each other and move on to a brighter tomorrow." The lines were part of his standard speech in the days leading up to Super Tuesday.
They always came after he recounted a visit to Selma, Ala., where, Mr. Jackson said, the Mayor acknowledged he was "on the wrong side of history" on March 6, 1965 [sic; actually March 7]. That was Bloody Sunday, when the Alabama State Police ran riot over civil rights marchers in the climactic episode of the voting rights campaign. But that battle is over now, Mr. Jackson continued, and it is time to "forgive . . . redeem . . . move on."
So 23 years after the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, it was time to move on--but now that another 25 years have passed--and, by the way, a black man has made it to the White House--everything's coming up Selma.
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August 1, 2013
It's Always Selma Again On the cheapening of civil-rights history.
James Taranto
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