Protestors in Selma begin week-long march, honor 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday"

Protestors gathered in Selma, Alabma on Monday to embark on a week-long march aspiring to honor the historic "Bloody Sunday" demonstration, with several speakers calling for racial equality.

This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday", a civil right demonstration in which protestors were beaten and tear-gassed by police at Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma.

Hundreds of demonstrators showed up at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Monday morning, which initiates the week-long national march.

Charles Steele Jr., one of the march leaders, told Xinhua that "the whole world is watching this march."

"We represent the poor people. We will eradicate racism and classism," added Steele.

Bernard Lafayette, a protestor who joined the march happened 50 years ago, also showed up on Monday's march.

"We have just crossed another bridge, that bridge reminds people that we still have to preserve what we have achieved. If we do not preserve it, just like a house, it will fall down," Lafayette said.

Talking about Ferguson movement, Lafayette said, the march will let people to know that "we are behind them" and "we support them".

"We are giving birth to a new generation and a new movement, let's keep marching on," he added.

Faya Rose Toure, one of the 1960's civil rights movements leaders said that the marchers were here "not only to commemorate, but also to continue the movement."

The march will go through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and finally to the nation's capital Washington D.C., Toure said. Endi