It was 60 years ago that about 600 protesters preparing to march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery were brutally beaten by Alabama State Troopers and sheriff’s deputies in what became known as Bloody Sunday.

Two marches will be held on New York City bridges Sunday to mark 60 years since Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama.

Thousands paid tribute over the weekend in Selma, Alabama, to the nonviolent protestors who 60 years ago sought the equal right to vote. In what came to be known as "Bloody Sunday," the protestors were brutally beaten by police.