Survivors of “Bloody Sunday” Lead 60th Anniversary March Across Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge
Elected officials joined large crowds in Selma, Alabama, Sunday to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, commemorating the ...
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Changes in tone, intent mark 60th Anniversary Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee
This Jubilee was a revival of spirit and purpose, not a retrospective, with the goal of encouraging people in the audience to fight for justice.
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Politicians speak about voting rights at Selma bridge crossing
SELMA, Ala. (WSFA) - Thousands gathered Sunday at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge to hear lawmakers’ words of encouragement. Among these lawmakers were Congresswoman Terri Sewell and ...
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60 years later, Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ draws visitors from around US: ‘It’s a journey for all of us’
its churches before finally gathering for the crescendo event -- walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The path to the bridge Sunday was filled with thousands of people gathered to make the ...
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60 years after Bloody Sunday in Alabama, protesters say much still needs to be done
Here's NPR's Debbie Elliott. DEBBIE ELLIOTT, BYLINE: Sunday's march was led by the foot soldiers who survived the violence on Edmund Pettus Bridge 60 years ago. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER: Everybody ...
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60 years later: Selma Foot Soldiers still fighting for equal voting rights
SELMA, Ala. (WSFA) - The commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday drew thousands to the Edmund Pettus Bridge. During the reenactment of the historic march, many of the surviving foot ...
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‘Bloody Sunday’ 60th anniversary marked in Selma
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965. The marchers were ...
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Black-Jewish unity is the call of the hour: op-ed
when hundreds of peaceful demonstrators marching for Black voting rights were violently assaulted by local police and state troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. The disturbing images of ...
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60 years later, Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ draws visitors from around US: ‘It’s a journey for all of us’
Alabama swells once a year as people from around the nation flock to its downtown and its churches before finally gathering for the crescendo event -- walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.