Oprah Winfrey and members of the cast of the Oscar-nominated film Selma were joined by hundreds of others in a march in Selma, AL. on the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Winfrey, along with director Ava DuVernay, rapper Common, and fellow cast member David Oyelowo led the march in honor of Dr. King and the Selma to Montgomery marches that led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. "I'm so excited that once again I get to march across the bridge, not as portraying Annie Lee Cooper, but standing in the shoes and on the shoulders of everyone that came before us."Winfrey said according to Vibe of the black protestors who were beaten and tear-gassed by law enforcement officials while trying to cross Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965. Winfrey, who was a producer on the film as well as played the role of civil rights activist Annie Lee Cooper, said people should be inspired by the Selma protestors to promote change using modern tools. According to Yahoo News Winfrey said, "Look at what they were able to do with so little, and look at how we now have so much. If they could do that, imagine what now can be accomplished with the opportunity through social media and connection, the opportunity through understanding that absolutely we are more alike than we are different."