I went to see “Selma” with my husband on Saturday night. I noticed the inaccuracies, and my Mother’s character only spoke a couple words, her name. But I think it was for exactly that reason that her role made such a powerful impact. She was a beautiful, silent, force to be reckoned with. And really that’s how it was. She wasn’t a leader, a speaker, an organizer or a motivator, although she could have done all of those things. But in that time and that place she was, as most of the women were, the courageous, unyielding strength of life. A mother, who without words or attention took her place among the 25,000 on March 25th 1965 and then took her place in history forever. My heart burst with pride when Dr. King made his plea “The people of Selma will struggle on for the soul of the nation, but it is fitting that all Americans help to bear the burden. I call therefore, on clergy of all faiths, representatives of every part of the country, to join me in Selma for a march to Montgomery...” She answered that call. She believed it was her burden. She knew it was everybody’s fight. And in the movie - after several scenes of her helping and caring they announced that she had been murdered five short hours after the march ended. For me and those I was with, this movie brought to life the events and people of these extraordinary moments in time. You felt the beatings on Bloody Sunday, you ached for Jimmie Lee Jackson’s family, you cried with Dr. King and you heard Viola Liuzzo’s silent voice. Mary
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 21:16:54 +0000
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