Imagine an America still somewhat naïve. It is 1965. Vietnam has not yet divided the country,Martin Luther King, Jr. has won the Nobel Peace Prize, and the Civil Rights Act has passed. Still,Southern blacks are denied the right to vote, and citizens who believe in fairness know thisracism must end. The eyes of the nation focus on Selma, Alabama, where the drama unfolds asthe voting rights movement takes center stage.
Annie Lee Jones is clubbed while marching. The white woman she raised from babyhood, LeslieCole, returns to Selma to take her away from the violence, only to have Annie Lee refuse toleave. Protesting voter injustice alongside Annie Lee is the Turner family: soft-mannered ElverseTurner, his fi fteen-year old son, Carlton, and beautiful wife, Mandy. Their involvement with themarches inadvertently uncovers a dark family secret that tests their commitment to equality.Despite court ordered restrictions, police brutality, KKK plots, and even murder, this rivetingstory celebrates the power of people overcoming all odds to create change.