Bloody Sunday (Selma)
Unverified
Date
March 07, 1965
Type
National
Author
hjwilson1975
Location
Alabama,
United States
Categories
Social & Civil Rights
Event Details
On March 7, 1965, civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, were beaten by state troopers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
The televised violence outraged the nation and spurred the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.