Ealier today, Barack Obama visited Selma, Alabama to take part in the Selma Voting Rights March Commemoration.

Click here to watch part of Barack's speech courtesy of CNN.

Below is a short excerpt of his speech at Brown Chapel A.M.E Church. Click here to read the entire speech.

Keep in your heart the prayer of that journey, the prayer that God gave to Joshua. Be strong and have courage in the face of injustice. Be strong and have courage in the face of prejudice and hatred, in the face of joblessness and helplessness and hopelessness. Be strong and have courage, brothers and sisters, those who are gathered here today, in the face of our doubts and fears, in the face of skepticism, in the face of cynicism, in the face of a mighty river. Be strong and have courage and let us cross over that Promised Land together.

I have to send a special thanks to Monty Marsh for getting us photos from Selma so quickly.