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Bloody Sunday happened on March 7 ... edited at 12:13 p.m. to give the correct date for the end of the Selma-to-Montgomery ...
SELMA, Ala. (WBRC) - Hundreds of people gathered at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to honor 60 years since ...
On March 7, 1965 ... As the marchers left Selma’s Brown Chapel AME Church on what became known as “Bloody Sunday” and attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge, they were met with brutal ...
This weekend will mark the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Organizers in Selma and Montgomery have planned dozens of events, from workshops and panels to a multiday march from Selma to Montgomery.
On March 25, 1965, the historic Selma to Montgomery March concluded with ... Two weeks earlier, on “Bloody Sunday,” John Lewis and dozens of others were beaten while crossing the Edmund ...
Speaking at the 60th anniversary commemoration of Bloody Sunday and the Selma-to-Montgomery March on Sunday, Webb-Christburg said she thinks voting rights are in peril. “Back in the 60s ...
ELLIOTT: Her inspiration - the Bloody Sunday marchers. Even though beaten back on Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge, they came back and eventually completed their 54-mile march to Montgomery ...
Protesters from the original Bloody Sunday march in Selma ... Daniels recalls being beat as he and others tried to march from Selma to Montgomery. He was a 17-year-old high school student at ...
Her inspiration — the Bloody Sunday marchers. Even though beaten back on Selma's Edmund Pettus ... the 54-mile trek to Montgomery, 25,000 people strong on March 25, 1965. There on the steps ...
Hundreds of peaceful protestors were crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama 60 ... And that's the legacy of Bloody Sunday and the activism of the march in 1965.” ...