Barack Obama, Cory Booker and others commemorate the 55th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' march

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Prominent U.S. politicians marked 'Bloody Sunday,' when peaceful protesters demanding equal voting rights for African Americans were violently beaten by authorities on March 7, 1965.

Former President Barack Obama, Congressman John Lewis, Senator Cory Booker and other prominent politicians commemorated the 55On March 7, 1965, about 600 civil rights leaders marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on their way to Montgomery, the state capital, in a protest for voting rights. The peaceful demonstrators were violently pushed back across the bridge by law enforcement officers.

Obama honored the event in a tweet Saturday:"55 years ago, when a group of civil rights organizers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge, they carried America with them. Today, let's honor that legacy by continuing their work to protect and exercise our foundational right to vote." 55 years ago, when a group of civil rights organizers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge, they carried America with them. Today, let's honor that legacy by continuing their work to protect and exercise our foundational right to vote.

 

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