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The Edmund Pettus Bridge, now a National Historic Landmark, was the site of the brutal Bloody Sunday beatings of civil rights marchers during the first march for voting rights. The televised attacks were seen all over the nation, prompting public support for the civil rights activists in Selma and for the voting rights campaign.
Mar 5, 2015 · 50 Years Ago, Selma's Bloody Sunday Sparked Voting Rights Act. ... In this March 21, 1965, photo, civil rights marchers cross the Alabama River on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., toward ...
Feb 5, 2014 · Bloody Sunday. On March 7, 1965 around 600 people crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in an attempt to begin the Selma to Montgomery march. State troopers violently attacked the peaceful ...
Jul 26, 2020 · By Doha Madani. Crowds watched solemnly Sunday as the body of Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge one final time, 55 years after the civil rights icon marched for peace and was met ...
Jul 23, 2020 · The footage of protesters in Selma being beaten shocked the country. Rep. John Lewis speaks at the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the 55th anniversary of Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday.’. Joe Raedle/Getty ...
Feb 27, 2024 · Vice President Kamala Harris marches on the Edmund Pettus Bridge after speaking in Selma, Ala., on the anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," a landmark event of the civil rights movement, Sunday, March ...
Mar 4, 2023 · SELMA, Ala. — President Biden will be in Alabama today for the annual commemoration of "Bloody Sunday," the infamous day in 1965 when some 600 civil rights marchers headed east from Selma in ...
