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 force by state and ...
The actions of Moore and the other marchers on Bloody Sunday helped lead to passage of the Voting Rights Act and enact real change in the nation. More: Historic Selma church at heart of Civil ...
As people gather in Selma to remember "Bloody Sunday,'' some call for action. "We're still in the midst of this struggle,’’ ...
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Six decades later, the story of that “Bloody Sunday” in Selma shouldn ... Wallace’s orders to stop the Negroes’ ‘Walk for Freedom’ from Selma to Montgomery, chased the screaming ...
WATCH: Harris marks 59th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ at Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Vice President Kamala Harris is among those marking the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the day ...
And the day of peaceful protest that devolved into state-sanctioned violence was coined "Bloody Sunday." "Sixty years ago, the foot soldiers of Selma shed ... John Roberts, writing for a majority ...
members of congress and civil rights veterans will gather in Selma to commemorate the 60 th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday," which helped lead to landmark federal voting rights legislation.