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The event became known as Bloody Sunday. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Law enforcement beat Boynton unconscious, and the media publicized worldwide a picture of her lying wounded on the bridge. [ 7 ] The second march took place two days later but King cut it short as a federal court issued a temporary injunction against further marches.
What was Bloody Sunday? Bloody Sunday was a violent attack by police and a citizen “posse” on civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. More than 15 marchers, who were all ...
Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, [1] was a massacre on 30 January 1972 when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march in the Bogside area of Derry, [n 1] Northern Ireland.
Alabama police in 1965 attack voting rights marchers on "Bloody Sunday", the first of the Selma to Montgomery marches. Prior to the enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 there were several efforts to stop the disenfranchisement of black voters by Southern states,. [7]
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 ...
As the nation marks 58 years since Bloody Sunday, Black civil rights leaders and elected officials are committed to winning The post On Bloody Sunday anniversary, Black leaders say the fight for ...
Bloody Sunday (1913), an attack by police against protesting trade unionists in Dublin, Ireland during the Dublin lock-out; Bloody Sunday (1920), a day of violence in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence when police, British Army and Auxiliary forces opened fire on the crowd of a Gaelic Football match killing 14 people and injuring at least 80 others
Vice President Kamala Harris told thousands gathered for the 59th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday attacks on civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, that fundamental freedoms are under attack in ...