March 7 marks the 56th anniversary of an ill-fated march from Selma to Montgomery organized by Civil Rights activists to protest unfair voting rights in Alabama. This yearâs commemoration will be the first without Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), who died last summer.
Later known as âBloody Sunday,â the violent clash between law enforcement and protesters at the crest of the Edmund Pettus Bridge led to the hospitalization of more than 50 people, including Lewis, who was then 25 years old.
Televised accounts of âBloody Sundayâ outraged Americans of all backgrounds, and forced a sympathetic but reluctant President Lyndon B. Johnson to push for voting rights legislation.
Bloody Sunday 2021: How to experience the civil rights commemoration weekend
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Posted Mar 05, 2021
Marchers walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the annual Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee on March 1, 2020. (Shauna Stuart for AL.com)
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The commemoration of Bloody Sunday in Selma will look largely different this year. Sunday, March 7 marks the 56th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the day peaceful protesters were brutally attacked and beaten by Alabama state troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965 while marching for their right to vote.
Events surrounding the commemoration, which normally take place the first weekend of March, will be mostly digital due to efforts to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The weekend’s largest event, the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee, will be completely digital this year.
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