article_snippet: Among people from across the world was Mercedes Binns, who lives out of state and has visited Selma a total of 17 times because of a total of 17 times civil rights history.
article_snippet: Dedicated: Mercedes Binns, who has been to Selma 17 times for civil rights history, walks on the Edmund Pettus Bridge .
article_snippet: Dorothy Tillman Wright (center) who marched during Sunday shouts during a prayer at the Edmund Pettus Bridge as thousands marked the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march .
article_snippet: Remembered: Jenni Smith (center) who marched during Bloody Sunday in 1965 walks with assistance to the Edmund Pettus Bridge for the 50th anniversary .
article_snippet: Unforgettable: As thousands cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge, women hold signs of Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins who were three of four girls killed during the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama .
article_snippet: Ceremony to remember: Martin Luther King III (above) speaks to the congregation  at Brown Chapel AME Church in the Selma on Sunday .
article_snippet: Commemorated: Reverend Al Sharpton (above) delivers a sermon during a special church service at Brown Chapel AME Church to remember the sacrifice of those from Sunday .