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Anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, AL

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John Lewis march across Edmund Pettus Bridge commemorating 1965 Selma civil and voting rights march


On March 7, 1965 civil rights marchers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge and encountered a wall of state troopers and county posse. The marchers were beaten with nightsticks and fired upon with tear gas. John Lewis suffered a skull fracture and bore scars on his head from the incident for the rest of his life.

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For more information about Bloody Sunday on March 7, 1965, see the Selma to Montgomery, AL civil and voting rights marches Wikipedia
 page.

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Saturday, March 07, 2026

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