Selma, 50 Years After ‘Bloody Sunday,’ Still Struggles With a Divided Identity

President Barack Obama and a long list of luminaries will descend this weekend on this city for the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the violent civil-rights clash that helped usher in the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

For resident and civic leader Jerria Martin, that means not only commemorating those who devoted their lives to enfranchising African-Americans, “but also continuing the work of justice and unity,” she said. “I hope the world will look at Selma and see that there is hope.”