Five Things: 'We Shall Overcome'

Good morning, Hampton and North Hampton. Here are five things you need to know for Friday, March 15:

1. Today’s Featured Fun: Lane Memorial Library has a "super" morning planned thanks to a free showing the Marvel superhero-centric "Superhero Squad Show: The Infinity Gauntlet" at 10 a.m.

2. Winter Parking Ban Ends: Signs of spring are popping up all around, from sunny skies to longer days, and now, the end of the parking ban.

3. What Else Is Happening Today? Today is the deadline for Unitil's scholarship program.

4. This Day in History: On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson addressed a joint session of Congress to urge the passage of legislation guaranteeing voting rights for all.

Using the phrase "we shall overcome," borrowed from African-American leaders struggling for equal rights, Johnson declared "every American citizen must have an equal right to vote."

Johnson reminded the nation that the Fifteenth Amendment, which was passed after the Civil War, gave all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color. But states had defied the Constitution and erected barriers. Discrimination had taken the form of literacy, knowledge or character tests administered solely to African-Americans to keep them from registering to vote.

5. Today's Forecast:

Day
Partly sunny, with a high near 38. West wind 9 to 13 mph.

Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. West wind 6 to 9 mph.