Ryder Strong
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Podcast Appearances
It's a level of passion and peace and love.
So he was murdered three years later.
I mean, Dr. King only has three years left to live at this point.
I believe if memory serves, he was killed in 1968.
So, I mean, this is it's yeah, it's really incredible.
Now, at the same time, Jonathan and Willie are having car troubles pulled over on the side of the bridge.
Willie has noticed that people are much more willing to listen and register after Jimmy was killed.
Jonathan reveals that he made a promise to Jimmy to rally voters in Marion, his hometown, then tells the story about the night he died.
Jimmy was just trying to pray when a state trooper attacked him.
Jimmy was nonviolent, but he was still shot and killed.
Willie is adamant they must start fighting back.
He's been talking to other young people in Selma, and they all agree it's time to get more confrontational.
Jonathan asks what the Bible would say, and Willie reminds the Reverend an eye for an eye.
That night, we see Cheyenne writing in what we think is a journal, but it actually turns out to be her own obituary.
Cheyenne Webb, 11 years old, was killed today in Selma.
She was one of Dr. King's freedom fighters.
She was a student at Abbott Street School, Selma.