Reverend Dr. Pamela Lightsey, BU School of Theology Associate Dean of Community Life and Lifelong Learning, from left, Reverend Dr. William Bobby McClain (STH ‘62, STH ‘77), and Dr. Don Messer (STH ‘66, GRS ‘69) were panelists for the discussion Selma at 50: Ferguson at STH. McClain and Messer, who is holding up a local paper from 1965, traveled with a group of STH seminary students to Selma, Alabama in 1965 to participate in the March to Montgomery led by Martin Luther King, Jr. (STH ‘55). Photo by Cydney Scott

March 11, 2015

Selma at 50

Selma at 50, Ferguson Today: Speaking at the School of Theology’s March 3 Lowell Lecture were William Bobby McClain (STH’62,’77) (center) and Don Messer (STH’66, GRS’69), who were on the front lines marching with Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59) in Selma, Ala., and Pamela Lightsey, STH associate dean, who went to the Missouri town where a young black man was shot by police last year. Photo by Cydney Scott

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