article_snippet: ' Horrific: Police beat scores of people (pictured) who were marching from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, the state capital, to protest against their lack of voting rights .
article_snippet: State troopers were pictures using clubs to beat pro-civil rights protesters at the march .
article_snippet: This was happening,' Obama said, making reference to the Justice Department's damning report on blacks-targeted racial bias in the St Louis suburb . '
article_snippet: In a radio interview broadcast earlier today, Obama said improving civil rights and liberties with police is an area that 'requires collective action and mobilization'.
highlights_snippet: President Obama will discuss need to continue fighting for equality today .