VIDEO: Oprah Winfrey & Cast of SELMA Honor Martin Luther King Jr.

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Sixty years after the historic march in Selma, Alabama, special events are being held in the city to honor legendary civil rights leader Martin LUTHER King, Jr, including a march by Oprah Winfrey and the cast of her new film SELMA. Watch NBC's TODAY show report on the event.

Ava DuVernay's biopic of Dr. Martin LUTHER King, Jr., SELMA hit theaters on December 25 in a limited release, before expanding on January 9, 2015.

Starring David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alessandro Nivola, Giovanni Ribisi Common, Carmen Ejogo, Lorraine Toussaint, Tim Roth and Oprah Winfrey, Selma is the story of a movement.

The film chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin LUTHERKing, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Selma tells the story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin LUTHER King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history.

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