15 Bytes Review of Selma ’65 by Ruth Christensen Night after night, a young white woman watches news broadcasts about police violence against African- American citizens. Although she lives far away, she is moved to act against the brutality she sees on the screen by joining the protest effort. The year is 1965—but it could
Opening Night – March 4th Meet our friends from the NAACP Salt Lake Branch before the show and learn more about this vital organization during a short presentation following the performance. About the NAACP Salt Lake Branch The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Salt Lake Branch was formed in 1919 to combat discrimination
by Ellen Fagg Weist | The Salt Lake Tribune On Route 80 between Selma and Montgomery, Ala., a white activist and her passenger, a 19-year-old black man, were driving civil-rights marchers to safety. That was the plan, anyway, on the evening of March 25, 1965. Instead, the Oldsmobile driven by Viola Liuzzo, a 39-year-old mother
