article_snippet: As events were underway Saturday in Selma, hundreds of people marched across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York to symbolize hundreds of people unity with the Alabama commemoration.
article_snippet: Many of the nation's leaders, activists and celebrities were in Selma on Saturday attending various activities taking place in memory of the historic event.
article_snippet: On Saturday, Rep. John Lewis -- one of the demonstrators bloodied by troopers 50 years ago -- and nearly 100 other members of Congress from both parties joined the President  at the bridge in Selma -- a bridge that still bears the name of Pettus, a Confederate general who was also a Ku Klux Klan leader.
article_snippet: But some current Selma residents worried that after the dignitaries leave some current Selma residents town -- with a population 82% black and with more than 40% of their town people living below the national poverty level -- will fade from view except for their town historical significance.
article_snippet: Many black residents of Selma say Many black residents of Selma still live in a divisive society and still feel the sting of racism, with true change yet to come.
article_snippet: Geraldine Martin, 59, has lived in Selma all her life.
article_snippet: Opinion: Selma's historic bridge deserves a better name .
article_snippet: There is no diversity in Selma.
article_snippet: 50 years later: The house where MLK stayed .