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Since 1965, many marches have commemorated the events of Bloody Sunday, usually held on or around the anniversary of the original event, and currently known as the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee. [135] In March 1975, Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr., led four thousand marchers commemorating Bloody Sunday. [136]
This year marks the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday." On March seventh, 1965, a group of peaceful marchers planned to make their way from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama to protest voting ...
Selma, Lord, Selma is a 1999 American made-for-television biographical drama film based on true events that happened in March 1965, known as Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. The film tells the story through the eyes of a 9-year-old African-American girl named Sheyann Webb ( Jurnee Smollett ).
The Edmund Pettus Bridge was the site of the conflict of Bloody Sunday on March 7, 1965, when police attacked Civil Rights Movement demonstrators with horses, billy clubs, and tear gas [3] as they were attempting to march to the state capital, Montgomery. [2] The marchers crossed the bridge again on March 21 and walked to the Capitol building.
The demonstrators were beaten by officers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965, as they tried to march across Alabama to support voting rights. Harris drew parallels between those who worked to stifle the Civil Rights Movement and “extremists” she said are trying to enact restrictions on voting, education and reproductive care.
Chicago saw its most violent Memorial Day weekend in five years, with 10 people dead and more than 200 guns recovered over the weekend. ... 300 dispersal orders for groups who violated social ...
Television legend Dick Van Dyke endorsed Kamala Harris for president by reading a speech he delivered at a 1964 civil rights event alongside Martin Luther King. In a video titled “VOTE!!
March 4 – Houston's first sit-in, led by Texas Southern University students, was held at Weingarten supermarket, located at 4110 Almeda in Houston, Texas. March 9 – An Appeal for Human Rights was published. March 15 – The Atlanta sit-ins begin. March 19 – San Antonio becomes the first city to integrate lunch counters.