We followed the famous path of the 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, AL. We arrived in Selma and stood in the place of the Bloody Sunday police riot where officers beat peaceful marchers with clubs and tear gas. Standing on these same streets I felt it made these awful events more real by physically being in the place of such historic consequence. The one place in Selma that offered some release from the surrounding poverty and grim history was the Selma Public Library. The exterior and landscaping seemed like an oasis. The interior contained an extraordinary quilt that was produced by the community churches. It addressed Selmas painful past and was an attempt to continue the communitys struggle to heal. There was no better place for this than the Selma Public Library which had literally witnessed such horrors on its front steps 54 years ago.