The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, was the scene of a major civil rights confrontation in March, 1965, in which ...
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 ...
They came toward us. Beating us with nightsticks, trampled by horses, releasing the tear gas. I thought I was gonna die on ...
At dawn six years ago, I walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma ... our team takes a pilgrimage to Selma to commemorate the Bloody Sunday march led by courageous, non-violent foot ...
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WVTM 13 Birmingham on MSNMarching for justice: John Lewis's journey as a civil rights iconHe led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to march for voting rights. The group was attacked by Alabama State Troopers in what would be known as "Bloody Sunday.
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, which has an upcoming exhibit on the Selma march, placed the billboard ad.
Speaking in Selma, Alabama, on the 59th anniversary ... told a crowd of hundreds gathered near the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where baton-wielding state troopers confronted marchers ...
The 60th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery civil rights ... many local activities will take place including the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Unlike years past though ...
“Yes, I was [in the march] at 14 ... being chased by a Selma deputy and Alabama state trooper. On the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Lowery recalled, she ran into a crowd of tear gas and a man behind ...
which was passed in the wake of the police attacks in Selma, Garland said. The demonstrators were beaten by officers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965, as they tried to march across ...
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 ...
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