mar 7, 1965 - Selma to Montgomery March

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These marches were to get voting rights for the african american people in the south. The first march from Selma was also known as “Bloody Sunday” where it caught the attention of many outraged Americans who saw that the demonstrators were tear gassed and severely beaten when they refused to turn away from the troopers at Edmund Pettus Bridge. When MLK saw what happened, he planned another march on March 9, two days later but had to turn away when the troopers were blocking the path again.

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