In the shadow of the Edmund ... for black Americans. They planned to peacefully march 54 miles to the state capital in Montgomery. Instead, as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge, police ...
SELMA, Ala. (WIAT) — On March 7,1965, peaceful demonstrators known as “Foot Soldiers” attempted to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge for voting rights in Selma. In their attempt ...