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Social movements · 7 March 1965Open article references →
Bloody Sunday in Selma
Edmund Pettus Bridge and Selma-to-Montgomery Trail · United States
Why editors use it hereFederal archival records and photographs connecting Selma to the Voting Rights Act.
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On 7 March 1965, about six hundred voting-rights marchers left Selma for Montgomery.
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Trigger and conditions
John Lewis and Hosea Williams led marchers from Brown Chapel AME Church across the Alabama River.
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Uncertainty
Attendance and injury estimates vary, though approximately six hundred marchers and dozens hospitalized are well supported.
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Why it matters
Bloody Sunday made visible that formally available voting rights were being suppressed through administrative barriers backed by state violence.
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