article_snippet: The violent images broadcast on TV helped lead to passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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: 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: Young leader: President Obama said today: '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 (pictured) - was 23 at the time .
article_snippet: Keeping warm: In this on March 22, 1965 file photo, participants in first leg of the 50-mile march from Selma, Alabama, to the Alabama state capitol at Montgomery, Alabama, warm the Alabama state capitol at Montgomery, Alabama around a fire in an oil drum . '