mar 7, 1965 - Selma March
Description:
Using tear gas, nightsticks, and whips, Alabama state troopers tore into a crowd of hundreds of marchers crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. The marchers were marching from Selma to the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery, protesting for the right to vote. The clash, which came to be known as Bloody Sunday, galvanized the nation. Five months later, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law.Added to timeline:
Date:
mar 7, 1965
Now
~ 60 years ago