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Sept. 23, 2024
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Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the day in 1965 when Alabama state troopers blocked and attacked civil rights demonstrators crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., a day that became known as Bloody Sunday.
President Obama walks between Amelia Boynton Robinson and Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) as they cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., where Boynton Robinson, Lewis and other civil rights marchers were beaten by police and state troopers 50 years ago.
(Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press)President Obama hugs U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia in Selma, Ala. In 1965, Lewis, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, was beaten by law enforcement along with other marchers trying to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
(Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images)Laura Bush, from left, Michelle Obama, President Obama, U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and former President George W. Bush pray at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)Former President George W. Bush and First Lady Michelle Obama on stage during program marking the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala.
(Bill Frakes / Associated Press)Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, attend the event marking the 50th anniversary of the ill-fated civil rights march.
(Bill Frakes / Associated Press)President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, center, and former President George W. Bush, left, on stage at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)Sept. 23, 2024