article_snippet: March: In this March 21, 1965 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King, foreground row, fifth from right, is seen waving as marchers stream across the Alabama River on the first of a 5-day march to the state capitol, Montgomery .
article_snippet: the President said the commemoration is as much about stirring young people to change as the commemoration is about honoring past legends - and about 'the courage of ordinary people doing extraordinary things'. '
article_snippet: And historically, it's been young people like you who help lead that march.'
article_snippet: He added: 'It was young people who stubbornly insisted on justice', noting that one of the most famous leaders of the Selma march - now Georgia Rep. John Lewis - was just 23 at the time. '
article_snippet: [one of the most famous leaders of the Selma march - now Georgia Rep. John Lewis - was just 23 at the time] stubbornly refused to accept the world as it is that transformed not just the country but transformed the world,' He concluded.