Bloody Sunday: Selma marchers return 60 years later for 'ongoing fight'
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. This year marked the 60th year since Bloody Sunday, and thousands still make the pilgrimage to Selma each year to honor their sacrifices.
SELMA, Ala. — Charles Mauldin was near the ... said he believes law enforcement officers were trying to incite a riot as they attacked marchers. Kirk Carrington was just 13 on Bloody Sunday.
They fed, protected and housed activists who traveled to Selma, Alabama, in March 1965 to demonstrate for voting rights.
On March 7, 1965, a march by over 500 civil rights demonstrators was violently broken up at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma ...
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