For The First Time In 56 Years, A 'Bloody Sunday' Without John Lewis
Sunday's anniversary of the day marchers were beaten by police in Selma, Ala., will honor the late civil rights icon. Some 56 years later, former state Sen. Hank Sanders says his work isn't done.
by Angela Vang
Mar 05, 2021
2 minutes
This weekend marks 56 years since civil rights marchers were attacked by Alabama state troopers on a day now known as "Bloody Sunday." The annual commemoration will be different this year — there's a pandemic, a new president and perhaps most notably, one missing voice.
On March, 7 1965, the late John Lewis and other civil rights leaders led a march from Selma to Montgomery
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