Commemoration of 'Bloody Sunday' set in Alabama
SELMA, Ala. (AP) " Several members of Congress have joined civil rights activists and others for the annual commemoration of a day of racial violence in Selma dating to 1965.A bipartisan group including Rep. John Lewis of Georgia led the crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday afternoon. It was to recall "Bloody Sunday," when voting rights protesters were attacked by police as they attempted to cross the bridge.Lewis, then a young organizer, was among those injured then. [...]
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