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"I thought that when 30 years passed, we'd come to our senses," says Selma Alispahić, the lead actress of the Sarajevo War Theatre – herself a former refugee from Bosnia's conflict.

I would not be surprised if she had some personal stories of marching in places like Selma and Birmingham, singing those same songs.

President Lyndon Johnson cited Title 10 in 1965 to protect civil rights marchers during protests in Selma, Ala., but did so out of concern that local law enforcement would decline to do so themselves.

After 13 years of school, Selma Jenvin-Steinsvag and her classmate Aksel were running to catch the Oslo metro in red overalls.

One of the most compelling, exciting experiences I had as a child was reading "The Diary of Selma Lagerlöf."