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Mar 6, 2015 · On March 7, 1965, when then-25-year-old activist John Lewis led over 600 marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama and faced brutal attacks by oncoming state troopers,...
Mar 4, 2020 · On March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama, a 600-person civil rights demonstration ends in violence when marchers are attacked and beaten by white state troopers and sheriff’s deputies. The day's...
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile (87 km) highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery.
May 8, 2024 · March 21, 1965 - March 25, 1965. Location: Alabama. Montgomery. Selma. United States. Context: Voting Rights Act. Key People: Martin Luther King, Jr. Hosea Williams. John Lewis. A brief history of the Selma March.
Overview. Vocabulary. On March 7, 1965, police , state troopers, and a citizen “ posse ” violently attacked civil rights marchers attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, United States. More than 15 marchers were hospitalized for injuries suffered in an event known as “ Bloody Sunday .”
Mar 6, 2015 · 257K views 9 years ago. Read more at latimes.com/selma. “They came with horses,” Amelia Boynton Robinson recalled. “They came with nightsticks.” ...more. Read more at latimes.com/selma.“They came...
Nov 24, 2007 · Bloody Sunday Protest March, Selma, Alabama, March 7, 1965 •. November 24, 2007 contributed by: Jessie Kindig. Alabama State Troopers attack SNCC leader John Lewis, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Montgomery, Alabama, March 7, 1965. Courtesy U.S. Library of Congress (LC-DIG-ds-12577)
Jan 28, 2010 · A group of 600 people, including activists John Lewis and Hosea Williams, set out from Selma on Sunday, March 7, 1965 a day that would come to be known as “ Bloody Sunday ,” The marchers...
Mar 7, 2012 · Dr. King led a ceremonial march over the Pettus Bridge and back on March 9. While the march itself was peaceful, segregationists attacked three white ministers who supported the march that...
1965 Spider Martin. Today marks the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, a march held in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 for the 600 people attacked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It was there that law enforcement officers beat unarmed marchers with billy clubs and sprayed them with tear gas.
