article_snippet: Today, President Obama will commemorate the hundreds of people brutally attacked on a bridge in Selma 50 years ago during a peaceful protest for racial equality.
article_snippet: : People have hit out at this poster erected just this week by Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where hundreds were attacked on Bloody Sunday in 1965.
article_snippet: The sign (pictured, with a local resident) was put up by Friends Of Forrest, which is run by 'wizardess' Pat Goodwin who refers to the Selma march as 'the mother of all orgies' and will not take the sign down .
article_snippet: On the reverse, it reads: 'SelmaPostHerald.com welcomes President Barack Obama
article_snippet: In a statement to the New York Daily News, Goodwin said: 'the billboard was put there with positive intent to ask people who come to Selma to explore and enjoy our 19th century history. '
article_snippet: During a speech at at South Carolina's Benedict College on Friday, the President also hinted at what the President will speak about on Edmund Pettus Bridge tomorrow, which is the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march.
article_snippet: Selma is not just about commemorating the past, it's about honoring the legends who helped change this country through your actions today, in the here and now,' Obama said. '
article_snippet: Selma is about the courage of ordinary people doing extraordinary things because ordinary people doing extraordinary things believe ordinary people doing extraordinary things can change this country, ordinary people doing extraordinary things can shape our nation's destiny.
article_snippet: President Barack Obama (pictured on Friday) is going to Selma to mark a half-century since 'Bloody Sunday' Damning report: 'It turns out they weren't just making It up.
article_snippet: Selma's about each of us asking us what us can do to make America better.
highlights_snippet: Sign stands at the foot of Edmund Pettus bridge, where hundreds were attacked in 1965 as hundreds peacefully protested for racial equality .
  