Blood on the Bridge: Selma's Bloody Sunday Sparks Civil Rights Victory
State and local police brutally attack 600 civil rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, leaving dozens hospitalized and sparking national outrage. This violence directly forces President Lyndon B. Johnson to address Congress two days later and push for the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
March 7, 1965
61 years ago
Key Figures & Places
civil rights
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Selma, Alabama
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Bloody Sunday
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Selma to Montgomery marches
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Civil rights movement
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Selma, Alabama
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Alabama
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United States
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John Lewis
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Suffrage
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Marvelous Marvin Hagler
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Montgomery, Alabama
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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George Wallace
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Tear gas
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Öffentliche Sicherheit
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Jimmy Carter
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Egypt
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Vietnam War
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Viet Cong
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أرماندو وولي
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حنان ترك
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السيد سعيد
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أحمد لوكسر
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كوكا (ممثلة)
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حمدي غيث
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نجيب الكيلاني
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