CNN The Sixties July 13, 2014 04:27:00
>> we're marching today to dramatize to the nation, dramatize to the world, the hundreds and thousands of negro citizens of alabama, but particularly here in the blightfield area, denied the right to vote. we intend to march to montgomery to present the same grievance to governor george c. wallace. >> governor george wallace, head of the alabama state patrol, in tandem with his good buddy sheriff jim clark, thinks that what these marchers deserve is a good beating. >> we arrive at the highest point on the edmund pettus bridge. down below, we saw a sea of alabama state troopers.