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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, footage of ...
Jun 23, 2020 · selma, alabama / usa - march 1, 2020. Image credit: Michael Scott Milner / Shutterstock.com Four lives were lost: Jimmie Lee Jackson, rev. James Reeb, Viola Liuzzo, and Jonathan Daniels.
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Mar 6, 2015 · Spider Martin/Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery. When police viciously attacked a peaceful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama March 7, 1965 the pivotal moment in American history ...
May 8, 2024 · Selma March, political march from Selma, Alabama, to the state’s capital, Montgomery, that occurred March 21–25, 1965. Led by Martin Luther King, Jr., the march was the culminating event of several tumultuous weeks during which demonstrators twice attempted to march but were stopped, once violently, by local police.
Mar 7, 2021 · If you were in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965, and would like to tell your story or can help identify marchers, contact Auburn University’s Keith Hébert at heberks@auburn.edu or Richard Burt ...
Nov 5, 2020 · The three marches at Selma were a pivotal turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. Because of the powerful impact of the marches in Selma, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was presented to Congress on March 17, 1965. The bill was passed, and President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the bill into law on August 6, 1965.
Mar 8, 2021 · Jackson died from his wounds a week later. A pedestrian walks by vintage photos of the civil rights march and “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama. The famed civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery that resulted in a violent confrontation with Selma police and State Troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965.
