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Full Comments from Rev. Al Sharpton in Selma, Alabama

KASU | By Johnathan Reaves
Published March 6, 2022 at 1:23 PM CST
Rev. Al Sharpton
Johnathan Reaves, KASU News
Rev. Al Sharpton

On Sunday morning, nunerous events occurred to commemorate "Bloody Sunday". At the Selma Community Center, the Reverand Al Sharpton spoke. KASU's Johnathan Reaves was there. Here are the complete comments from the speech. Click on the Listen button for the comments.

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Johnathan Reaves
Johnathan Reaves is the faculty advisor and editor-in-chief for Delta Digital News Service and the former News Director for KASU Public Radio. As part of an Air Force Family, he moved to Arkansas from Minot, North Dakota in 1986. He was first bitten by the radio bug after he graduated from Gosnell High School in 1992. While working on his undergraduate degree, he worked at KOSE, a small 1,000 watt AM commercial station in Osceola, Arkansas. Upon graduation from Arkansas State University in 1996 with a degree in Radio-Television Broadcast News, he decided that he wanted to stay in radio news. He moved to Stuttgart, Arkansas and worked for East Arkansas Broadcasters as news director and was there for 16 years.
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