Obama, Clinton Commemorate `Bloody Sunday' in Selma More than a
thousand people gathered Sunday to commemorate the 1965 "Bloody
Sunday" voting rights march. Senators Hillary Clinton of New
York and Barack Obama of Illinois were among those gathered. It
was commented on in both articles that had it not been for the
events of "Bloody Sunday" neither of these two senators would be
considered a viable presidential candidate. Speaker after
speaker said that neither Clinton nor Obama would be running for
president if it wasn't for the sacrifices made on Bloody Sunday.
Clinton is seeking to become the first woman elected president;
Obama is trying to become the first black president. Clinton and
Obama said they owed a debt to the early leaders in the civil
rights struggle. Their sacrifices mean that Obama, the son of a
black Kenyan father and a white mother, has ``a chance to run
for president of the United States,'' Clinton said. They also
gave New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, a Hispanic, the
opportunity to run