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ALL RIGHT, JASON. WELL, IT’S BEEN 60 YEARS SINCE YOUTH ACROSS BIRMINGHAM JOINED THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. WHAT THE YOUTH DID BACK THEN IS BEING HONORED TODAY. �������� 13, JARVIS ROBERTS JOINS US LIVE IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM TONIGHT, WHERE THE MARCH FOR A CAUSE JUST THERE MARCHING FOR A CAUSE JUST AS CHILDREN DID 60 YEARS AGO. YEAH, SHERI AND GOD, THAT CHILDREN’S MARCH WHICH HAPPENED 60 YEARS AGO WITH SOMETHING CERTAINLY REMEMBERED IN HISTORY RIGHT HERE IN KILLING PARK. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THESE WATER CANNON HOSES THAT SYMBOLIZES WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CHILDREN ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. AND IF YOU LOOK RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME, WE HAVE THE STATUES OF THE CHILDREN WHO ARE TRYING TO TAKE COVER AND GET THEIR GROUND AND THEIR FOOTING AFTER BEING SPRAYED BY HOSES. CERTAINLY WHAT HAPPENED BACK THEN IS SOMETHING THOSE FOOT SOLDIERS STAND PROUDLY ON. TODAY WE ARE COMMEMORATING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1963 CHILDREN’S MARCH. OVER 800 STUDENTS FROM BIRMINGHAM METRO AND THE TUSCALOOSA AREA MARCHED THEIR WAY AROUND KELLY INGRAM PARK, HONORING THE MOMENT. YOUNG, BRAVE KIDS TOOK A STAND FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 60 YEARS AGO. IT’S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO REMEMBER THEIR PAST, TO REMEMBER WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR THEM TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCES THAT THEY ENJOY TODAY IN THE VERY FRONT, RIGHT UP, PAULETTE ROBY, WHO MARCHED WITH HER PEERS AT THE AGE OF 13, BACK THEN, IT MEANS THAT THESE CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE THE PERSON WHO TAKE ON THE GENERATION OF OUR LEADERSHIP. WHILE THE MISSION IS NOT COMPLETELY THE SAME TODAY, ROBY SAYS WHAT THEY DID BACK THEN SPARKED A REVOLUTION. WE WAS MARCHING JUST BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO WALK IN THE PUBLIC PARK, BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. AND THE ONLY REASON SHE WAS AFRAID WAS BECAUSE HER MOM TOLD HER NOT TO GET INVOLVED, BECAUSE SHE DIDN’T WANT TO LOSE HER JOB. I FELT CONFIDENT WE’LL BE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SEEING HER PEERS GET BLASTED BY WATER HOSES AND BEEN BY CANINES. I ASKED WHAT IT FELT LIKE. I RAN. I WAS HERE, BUT I WAS. DIDN’T GET DIRECTLY WITH THE HOSE. SURELY I GOT WET. WELL, THERE ARE MANY STUDENTS COUNTED. THE ULTIMATE LESSON. WE’RE ALL ONE. IT’S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO RECOGNIZE ONE. NO MATTER WHAT HIGH SCHOOL YOU CAME FROM, NO MATTER WHAT COMMUNITY YOU CAME FROM. SO THEY STARTED OUT THIS MORNING WITH THE PROGRAM OVER AT 16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, AND THEN THEY WALKED ACROSS THE STREET. AND THE STUDENTS, THEY DID TAKE A LAP MARCH, A LAP AROUND KELLY INGRAM PARK REPORTING LIVE HERE IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM AT 5:00. I’M JARV