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SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Oprah Winfrey says "every single person" who was on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 is "a hero."
She and fellow actors from the movie "Selma" marched with hundreds Sunday ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, recalling one of the bloodiest chapters of the civil rights struggle.
Winfrey, a producer of "Selma" who also had a part in the film, joined in marching along with director Ava DuVernay, actor David Oyelowo, who portrayed King in the movie, and the rapper Common, who also had an acting role. They and others marched from Selma City Hall to the bridge, where civil rights protesters were beaten and tear-gassed by officers in 1965.
Common and John Legend performed their Oscar-nominated song "Glory" from the film.
"Selma" chronicled the campaign leading up to the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and the subsequent passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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