How Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ Became a Turning Point in ... - HISTORY
WEBMar 6, 2015 · Deputies on horseback charged ahead and chased the gasping men, women and children back over the bridge as they swung clubs, whips and rubber tubing wrapped in barbed wire.
Here are 5 facts about the Selma march you may not know
WEBMar 5, 2017 · Thousands of people in Alabama crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma into Montgomery on Sunday to recreate a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement on its 52nd anniversary.
March 7, 1965 | Civil Rights Marchers Attacked in Selma
WEBMar 7, 2012 · The day of violence, which became known as Bloody Sunday, was covered in newspapers across the country and broadcast on national news, outraging many Americans. A photo of Mrs. Boynton...
Civil Rights march ends as ‘Bloody Sunday,’ March 7, 1965
WEBMar 7, 2018 · After the marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Selma’s outskirts, white state troopers assaulted them, knocking many to the ground and beating them with nightsticks.
Civil rights protesters beaten in ‘Bloody Sunday’ attack - HISTORY
WEBMar 4, 2020 · Just as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge outside Selma, they were ordered to disperse. Moments later, police assaulted them with tear gas, bullwhips and billy clubs. Lewis, then 25, was...
For The First Time In 56 Years, A 'Bloody Sunday' Without John Lewis - NPR
WEBMar 5, 2021 · The civil rights icon and congressman — who, on that Bloody Sunday, had his skull cracked by troopers — died at age 80 in July after suffering from advanced-stage pancreatic cancer.
Edmund Pettus Bridge | Bloody Sunday, Selma, John Lewis,
WEBMar 7, 2015 · Edmund Pettus Bridge, bridge crossing the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama, that was the site of what became known as “Bloody Sunday,” a landmark event in the history of the American civil rights movement. On that day, March 7, 1965, white law-enforcement officers violently dispersed protesters, the.
Civil Rights' 'Bloody Sunday' - National Geographic Society
WEBOn March 7, 1965, police and a citizen “posse” attacked marchers attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, United States, an event that galvanized the Civil Rights Movement as “Bloody Sunday.”
50 Years Ago, Selma's Bloody Sunday Sparked Voting Rights Act
WEBMar 2, 2015 · In 1965, peaceful marchers were attacked by Alabama state troopers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Selma has become a rallying cry for equal rights around the world.
Selma 50 years later: John Lewis’s memories of the march - CNN
WEBMar 7, 2015 · Lewis calls the Edmund Pettus Bridge – where the troopers and and a group of white men deputized into a posse by the sheriff attacked hundreds of peaceful protesters on Bloody Sunday, March...