Oprah Winfrey and other stars from the Martin Luther King biopic Selma marched with hundreds of others on Sunday ahead of the holiday to mark the  civil rights leader's achievements. Winfrey, who produced and starred in Selma,  marched hand-in-hand with the film's director, Ava DuVernay, actor David Oyelowo, who portrayed King in the movie, and the rapper Common. They marched from Selma City Hall to the city's Edmund Pettus Bridge, where civil rights protesters were beaten and tear-gassed by officers in 1965. 'Every single person who was on that bridge is a hero,' Winfrey told the marchers before they walked up the bridge as the sun was going down over the Alabama River.
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Oprah Winfrey helped lead Sunday's march along with Selma director, Ava DuVernay and actor David Oyelowo, who portrayed MLK in the movie
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Hundreds marched from Selma City Hall to the city's Edmund Pettus Bridge, where civil rights protesters were beaten and tear-gassed in 1965
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'Every single person who was on that bridge is a hero,' Winfrey told the marchers before they walked up the bridge
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The movie chronicles the campaign leading up to the historic march and the subsequent passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act
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