When I think about what we can learn from the Selma marches, the single most important advice I give is to listen to others.

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Universities will get nowhere by facilitating the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian students.

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This month, our nation remembers the heroes of Selma, Alabama.  Sixty years ago, they marched for voting rights, survived brutal beatings, and inspired the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The protesters of the civil rights movement didn’t just show up. They planned for every eventuality. It’s a lesson that’s starkly relevant today.

John Reynolds returned to Selma for the 60th anniversary of both the SCOPE program and the Selma to Montgomery march.