Kyle Whitmire: Selma Boos Bentley and Remembering Gene Edelman

| March 11, 2015 

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Thousands of people gathered in Selma last weekend to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery. President Barack Obama spoke, along with Georgia Congressman John Lewis and Alabama Governor Robert Bentley. But, as Alabama Media Group Political commentator Kyle Whitmire explains, Bentley’s reception was less than warm. Whitmire also talks Gene “The Bean Counter” Edelman and Alabama education. Photo by Senator McCaskill

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