Nick Patterson: Alabama Middle School Students Visit Selma

| March 12, 2015 

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Thousands gathered in Selma last weekend to commemorate the 50th anniversary of voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery. Nick Patterson, editor of the weekly newspaper WELD, tells the story of several Birmingham middle school students who made the journey to Selma. Plus an update on proposed construction at Oak Mountain State Park.

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