Annie Lee Cooper, played by Oprah in the film

Annie Lee Cooper, played by Oprah in the film

USA. Selma, Alabama. October 7, 1964. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organized “Freedom Day”, an attempt to get residents registered to vote. Annie Lee Cooper, aged 53, who’d been active in local efforts two years prior to “Bloody Sunday”.

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