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Going forward. and we continued to walk and we saw hundreds, members of the state troopers. and behind the state trooper was the sheriff posse. we came within a hearing distance of the state troopers. a man spoke up and said i'm major john claude of the state troopers, this is unlawful march, i'll give you three minute to disperse to your homes and your church. jose said, major, give us a moment to kneel and pray. he said troopers advance, troopers advance. i said, major, may i have a word? he said there will be no word. the troopers came toward us beating us with whips, night

Montgomery. and as we get to the top of that pettus bridge, down below we see a sea of blue, alabama state troopers. we continue to walk and come within hearing distance of the state troopers. a man spoke up and said i'm major john claude of the alabama state troopers, this is an unlawful march would not be allowed to continue, i give you three minutes to disperse, return to your homes, go to your church. the young man walking beside me jose william from dr. king's organization, said, major give us a moment to kneel and pray. and he said troopers advance. and you saw the men putting on their g...

Montgomery. and as we get to the top of that pettus bridge, down below we see a sea of blue, alabama state troopers. we continue to walk and come within hearing distance of the state troopers. a man spoke up and said i'm major john claude of the alabama state troopers, this is an unlawful march would not be allowed to continue, i give you three minutes to disperse, return to your homes, go to your church. the young man walking beside me jose william from dr. king's organization, said, major give us a moment to kneel and pray. and he said troopers advance. and you saw the men putting on their g...

On bloody sunday his skull was fractured. and he thought he was going to die. lewis went back to the scene. and he took cnn's athena jones with him. >> the bridge of selma is almost a holy place. it is a place where people gave a little blood to redeem the soul of america. and this city people couldn't register to vote because of the color of their skin. so we had to change that. >> reporter: john lewis, who has spent almost three decades in congress was just 25 years old. >> i can never forget what it felt like to be on this bridge on bloody sunday. we came to the highest point. down below we...

>> reporter: john lewis was just 25 years old. >> i can never forget what it felt like to be on this bridge on bloody sunday. we came to the highest point down below. we saw a sea of blue. alabama state troopers. and behind the state troopers we saw men on horseback. we got within hearing distance of the state troopers. >> you're ordered to disperse go home or go to your church. >> the major said troopers advance. i thought over and over again, they're going to arrest us. they came towards us. beating us with night sticks. trampelling us with horses. i went down on my knees, my legs went out f...