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Feb 11, 2019 · Bloody Sunday and the Fight for Voting Rights in Selma. On Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965), police attacked civil rights activists crossing Edmund Pettus Bridge. 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 ...
Apr 6, 2022 · By Associated Press. Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would alter the name of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor those who were beaten on the bridge as they marched for ...
Mar 7, 2022 · CNN —. Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday called on Congress to pass federal voting rights legislation before walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, to mark the 57th ...
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The event of Martin Luther King Jr. turning around on the bridge in Selma happened during one of the Selma to Montgomery marches. These three marches were protests that were held in 1965. The reason why the activists organized these marches was to fight for their constitutional right to vote. African-Americans were not allowed to vote back then ...
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.
Dec 11, 2023 · The Edmund Pettus Bridge, on the Selma to Montgomery Byway (NAID 7722076) Two Minute Warning on Bloody Sunday ( NAID 16899041 ) Predating the three main Selma marches, Reverend C.T. Vivian led a peaceful march to the courthouse in Marion, Alabama on February 18, 1965, to protest the arrest of DCVL member James Orange.
Jan 11, 2024 · Public Conversation from 6 – 7:30 p.m. at Wallace Community College Selma (WCCS) March 2. Selma Bridge Crossing Festival at 7 a.m. on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Jubilee Parade at 9 a.m. Battle of the Bands from 10:45 – 11:15 pm. at the School of Discovery. Jubilee Street Festival from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Water Avenue.
