mar 7, 1965 - Selma Voting Rights March - Bloody Sunday
Description:
On Sunday 7th March 1965, a protest march left Selma, heading to the state capital, MontgomeryJust outside Selma, at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the march was stopped by police
State troops and police attacked the protestors with tear gas, horses, clubs and electric cattle sticks
It became known as ‘Bloody Sunday’ and, yet again, footage of AA being attacked was broadcast around the world
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Date:
mar 7, 1965
Now
~ 60 years ago