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Nov 16, 2021 · Updated November 17, 2021. The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama was named after a former Confederate general in 1940. But in 1965, the bridge became the site of a historic civil rights protest. Alabama Department of Archives and History A portrait of Edmund Pettus taken in the 1860s, when he served as a Brigadier General for the Confederacy.
Edmund Pettus Bridge, bridge crossing the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama, that was the site of what became known as “Bloody Sunday,” a landmark event in the history of the American civil rights movement. On that day, March 7, 1965, white law-enforcement officers violently dispersed protesters, the.
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Since 1965, many marches have commemorated the events of Bloody Sunday, usually held on or around the anniversary of the original event, and currently known as the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee. In March 1975, Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr., led four thousand marchers commemorating Bloody Sunday.
Mar 7, 2021 · Sunday is the 54th commemoration of the 1965 Bloody Sunday bridge crossing. As 'Bloody Sunday' in 1965 fought for voting rights, modern demonstrations continue to look at the challenges...
Feb 11, 2019 · On March 7, 1965—the day now known as Bloody Sunday—a group of civil rights activists were brutally attacked by members of law enforcement during a peaceful march across Edmund Pettus Bridge. The activists were attempting to walk 50 miles from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to protest voter suppression of African Americans.
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Mar 9, 2015 · Tear gas fills the air as state troopers, ordered by Alabama governor George Wallace, break up a march at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on what became known as Bloody Sunday. Image : AP...
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Mar 4, 2020 · On March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama, a peaceful 600-person civil rights demonstration ends in violence when marchers are attacked and beaten by white members of police.
