Sunday marks 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday bridge crossing
SELMA, Ala. (NBC, KYMA/KECY) - Sunday marks the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama, the day police attacked hundreds of civil rights demonstrators who took part in a peaceful march.
Hundreds of people, as well as state and national leaders, made the pilgrimage despite bad weather, all marching across the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge, the site where demonstrators were beaten by officers as they tried to march across alabama in support of voting rights.
Sunday's march is among dozens of events during the annual Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee, which began Thursday.
Many of the marchers say Sunday's march is an opportunity to reflect and move forward.
"It was a very very moving experience for me, this whole experience has been really really inspiring to be around so many people who made so many sacrifices," said Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD).
"The stories never die we will take this moment to commemorate the blood the blood that was shared and I mean shared, the blood that was shed and I mean shed we will use this opportunity every day to not only look back and reflect but we also have to use this opportunity to kind of move forward," said Robert Traynham with the Faith and Politics Institute.
